Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an bhfreagra sin. I thank the Minister of State for clarifying the timeline and that he hopes to have some kind of conclusion before mid-2017. When we look internationally there are ongoing cases, for example, in Maine in the US around the exact same issue, that is, international companies coming in and seeking harvesting rights. We know that in Canada these types of rights have been given to companies. The concerns are still here.

I note that the applicants have been given information about the complexities and have been engaged with but the individual harvesters have not. I ask, as I have asked on a number of occasions going back more than a year, if the list of folios or a map of the shore could be made available to us. Surely that was a matter for land registry, which was being done. It was an audit by the Department of all the different folios along the shore that had pertinent rights attached to them. Surely at this stage we could have that made available to us, rather than everybody seeking individual folios. It is not going to affect the outcome. It is a matter of fact that is on the record. That work has been done by the Department. Could the Minister of State make that available to us as Oireachtas Members?