My question was not about specifics.

I tried to indicate at the outset that there other means by which Members can raise questions.

The programme for the Government contains a promise to protect fishermen’s incomes. Last week, the Dáil rushed through the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill, which was supported by the Government, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, did not undergo pre-legislative scrutiny. It had been sidelined in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for two years. The haste in the past several weeks to get it through the Dáil has left many unanswered questions. Legal experts have since found loopholes in the Bill, the effect of which may be to allow foreign vessels from outside Northern Ireland, as well as vessels registered there, to now fish within the six-mile fishery zone limit. If this were to happen, it would have devastating consequences for inshore fishermen. Will the Taoiseach guarantee fishermen that this will not be the case?

I call the Taoiseach on the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill, which may already have been enacted.

Again, I am familiar with the legislation, the purpose of which is to restore the voisinage arrangement which existed prior to 2016. I am not sure, however, that I am in a position to give any of the specific guarantees requested by the Deputy. I will certainly advise the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, that this matter was raised. I am sure he will want to reply to the Deputy in more detail.