Mr. Dermot Conway:

I am here for the Irish Fish Producers Organisation and I believe that unless someone from the Director of Public Prosecutions can clarify the exact number of cases that have issued, it is very unfair to say that in terms of the industry and the representatives of the industry who would expect to have heard of some of these cases if they had started, that they were aware.

The other comment I would make is that just because someone is prosecuted for trafficking does not mean that they are guilty or have committed any offence.