Mr. Liam Kelly:

It is best to look at the most recent inspections because that reflects the current reality. We carried out 45 inspections in September, during which we found 45 contraventions which applied to 17 vessels. In looking at the contraventions, it is important to consider what we find. It may be that records are inadequate. In some cases the minimum wage is being paid, but under the scheme it is required to be paid weekly and in some cases it is not and is paid, perhaps, a month in arrears. The fisher is in receipt of the moneys, but not in the way in which the scheme was designed. We have come across some instances in which employers have misinterpreted the scheme and have become compliant with the 39 hours minimum wage, in that it was the rate of pay for the week. Many employers have become compliant in that regard over the time. Yes, we find some employers who we say are more likely than others to offend and we go back to them again, but when we say that there were 45 contraventions many of them were to do with record keeping or the slow payment of wages. That is not to say that they are not contraventions. We take them seriously and we work with employers to make sure they become compliant, but I wish to put that as a general context.