Mr. Patrick Murphy:

The total number in the polyvalent seiner section of the fishing fleet of Ireland is 1,506 vessels. Some 1,287 of those vessels are 12 metres and under and 219 of those vessels are above 12 metres. I cannot give a breakdown of those 219 vessels and how many are actually below 15 metres, since I did not prepare that. As the Chairman can imagine, she said that she believes there are many more non-EU workers on the scheme. Even if one gives an average of 438 people, that is putting two of these non-EU workers in every single boat in the fleet above 12 metres. As we said earlier, the figures do not seem to stack up. Of course, we cannot challenge these figures. They are not presented or given to us, but if the committee gives us the opportunity, we can come back to it and explain that. That is recorded about the fleet.