asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will request An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to take immediate steps to assist private curers of herrings to obtain an external market for next season's cure.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - External Markets for Herrings.
The development of new markets for fresh, cured and preserved fish is one of the statutory functions of An Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the board can be relied upon to give any assistance possible in the way suggested by the Deputy. I do not think it necessary for me to make a particular request to the board in the matter.
Was that not also a duty of the Sea Fisheries Association and one about which they did very little?