Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. On that specific point, I understand that if a vessel arrives during the middle of the night it might be difficult to scramble a team together, much less a team of interpreters equipped with all the language skills. At a guess, however, the vast majority of inspections do not take place in the middle of night. Where one has notice of the arrival of a vessel and that will account for the majority of cases, there will be an opportunity to have interpreters. In the small number of cases where inspections are carried out in the middle of the night there may be difficulty getting interpreters but in the instance of routine inspections, interpreters are still not available. As Mr. Kelly said, a recommendation that they would be available was made previously. I am struggling to understand why interpreters are not used when they could be used. I appreciate there are instances where it may not be feasible.