asked the Minister for-Fisheries and Forestry if he will state, in respect of the County Cork coastline: (i) the approximate number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time fishermnen; (ii) the number of drift-net licences issued for salmon fishing; and (iii) the number of registered trawlers.

The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.

The following is the statement:

* Salmon drift-net licences are not issued on a county basis but in respect of fishery districts. The number of licences shown above relates to licences issued for the Cork Fishery District (132) and to persons granted licences for the Lismore Fishery District with addresses in County Cork (34).