Mr. Micheál O'Mahony:

In general terms, my experience is that they do act on that. We do not invoke those things every day of the week. My general experience is that there is a good level of responsiveness from the landing state. By way of context, it could take two or three days to unload one of these vessels. That is on a 24-hour shift basis. These are very large vessels so a lot can happen in two or three days of craning off pallets. It is not a ten-minute job. This is a significant undertaking of the landing state. The landing state has its own obligations under the Common Fisheries Policy. It must inspect a certain proportion of these vessels on a risk basis so it must be there in any event regardless of whether we knock on its door or not. The answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". I would generally expect a good response and generally receive one along with good feedback from the landing state.