Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)

That was a major bone of contention of the 2006 Bill and something I always believed was the case. The Minister told me at the time, when I was a Member of the Dáil, that he would revisit the legislation. This House is an appropriate forum for the Leader to suggest that amending legislation should be brought forward to appease the fishing industry on the one critical issue affecting them. If we take the result of the vote on the Lisbon treaty referendum in Castletownbere as an example, it was 93% against. That is a reflection of the way that fishing community felt it had been treated, not alone by Europe but also by our own Government. That new evidence which I sought — I am not a member of the committee but the Chairman, Deputy Brady, allowed me to attend — puts the issue beyond all doubt.