Mr. Mark Griffin:

In 2014 there were approximately 180,000 patrol man-hours, there were 22,600 yards of nets seized, four boats seized and 82 prosecutions. There is a considerable degree of on-the-ground patrol work undertaken by the IFI, funded by the Department and by the IFI through its own resources. I had the opportunity to visit IFI staff over the last 12 months. It is an organisation that has moved considerably in adapting to technology in its work with the use of CCTV cameras and other surveillance technologies. That augments significantly the patrol work and on-the-ground coverage by IFI staff.