Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the Cawley Report into the seafood industry was received by her Department; when this report will be made available to all sections of the bottom mussel industry; if her attention has been drawn to whether the report has already been leaked or draft copies provided to some sections of the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12843/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I am assuming the Deputy is not referring to the Cawley Report which was launched back in January 2007, but to the Rising Tide report. The Rising Tide is a comprehensive report on the review of the bottom culture mussel industry which was carried out during 2007 and which was undertaken at the request of the industry. The finished report is currently with me and I am in the process of examining it prior to its release to industry.

Anecdotal evidence would suggest that a draft of the Rising Tide may have found its way into the public domain. If this is the case it may not be the final version and I would advise that it is best to await the formal release of the completed report, which I hope to be in a position to arrange in the near future.