asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many Revenue protection cruisers are now used; what journeys they have undertaken in the last 12 months; and what visits have been made by them to Dublin and to France in the same period.

One seagoing vessel, an ex-naval trawler, is employed on Revenue protection duties. This vessel does not perform definite journeys, but has been engaged on coastal patrols over the past 12 months. No visits to Dublin or to France have been made during that period.