Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

They are growing in importance and significance. I congratulate the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Deenihan, on his foresight in all heritage matters. The growing interest in these birds will be a boost to tourism. People are flocking in from all over and using their binoculars to see them. We have seen it in Killarney and it is already increasing the boat trips on the lakes. It will do things for Lough Derg and for the other parts of the country.

I welcome this good news. Tomorrow morning I will return to the issue of NAMA.