John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will define the boundary in Lough Foyle which determines the area which is in the Republic of Ireland and that which is in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25510/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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There has been no formal agreement between Ireland and the UK on the delimitation of a territorial waters boundary between the two states. However, the policy of the two Governments has been to co-operate in a pragmatic fashion. In that context, the Loughs Agency, one of the North/South Bodies arising from the Good Friday Agreement, is responsible for the regulation of certain activities throughout Lough Foyle, as was the Foyle Fisheries Commission before it.