Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their opening statements. I read them and found them very helpful.

I want to ask about the responsibility the authority has regarding human health and ensuring fish product that lands on the pier is appropriate. I am aware the new practice is going to be icing and de-icing. Fish will be taken out of boxes, de-iced and then put back into boxes again. The analogy used to me was that it will be like milking cows back in the 1960s inside in a stall. I would like to hear Dr. Steele's views on the issue of human health and the product and whether she believes it is effective, appropriate and the way forward.