Pádraic McCormack
Question:75 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the compensation paid to his Department by the owners of the Dutch vessel, the Friesland, which caused a major oil pollution in a discharge off the Galway coast in January 2000 in view of the polluter pays policy of the Government; the number of metric tonnes of fuel oil discharged into the sea in that incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6652/00]