asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he will consider giving the Dublin Port and Docks Board the power to acquire the salmon fisheries on the lower Liffey with a view to ensuring the continuance of the fisheries when the new wharves are built.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Liffey Salmon Fisheries.
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I am advised that, as this fishery appears to be a public one, there is no power under common law to transfer its ownership as suggested by the Deputy and I do not consider that I would be warranted in seeking legislative authority to nullify the public character of the fishery for the purpose in question.