I understand from an earlier statement by the Minister that he is against any untreated discharge of any kind into the sea or water. Will he accept that the time has come to be more positive and to have laws that will stop any untreated sewage going into the sea or water?

There are laws already in existence in relation to the discharge of deleterious matter into waters and that is the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act, 1959. These laws may not have been implemented strictly but they are there and there is power to implement the laws to ensure clean water. As far as I am concerned, they will be implemented.