§ MR. CLANCY (Dublin County, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney-General for Ireland, with reference to the illegal destruction of fishermen's nets and lines by steam trawlers off the Dublin coast, will he institute a prosecution against the owners or crew of the Jackdaw, of Hull, and the Peter Johnston, of Aberdeen, for that offence, if evidence implicating either is forthcoming.
§ *THE ATTORNEY GENERAL for Ireland (MR. ATKINSON, Londonderry, N.)The answer to this question is in the affirmative. I may mention, however, that the owner of one of the trawlers compensated a fisherman for damage done to his nets.