Cecilia Keaveney (Fianna Fail)

I fundamentally disagree with the answer. I ask the Minister of State to ask for an answer to this matter. I will continue to ask it. I have asked it of the Department of Foreign Affairs and I have not received an answer. Under what regulation, law or interpretation has the Crown Estates Commission responsibility for the management of the foreshore in both jurisdictions? This is a fundamental problem with regard to the co-management of the Foyle. We send a Minister with responsibility for agricultural or marine issues to meet whom I would expect to be his or her UK counterpart, but what we get is the Crown Estate Commission in the middle of it. Will I be given an answer to my one question as soon as possible, namely, within what remit and under what law or regulation has the commission been given responsibility for the foreshore on the River Foyle? I do not expect the Minister of State to be able to answer it. His father was involved in the Foyle Fisheries Commission at some point. Many years ago Baroness Denton and his father attended a meeting at Redcastle. That we are continuing negotiations with an agency, the remit of which I have not been informed, is a serious issue for me and I will continue to raise it until I receive a satisfactory answer. The talks should not be completed until I am given that answer.