Mr. Liam Kelly:

Not at all. Interpreters are readily available to us. Perhaps I was not as clear as I might have been on that point. We use interpreters all the time when we are following up interviews with atypical fishers or we need to talk to undocumented people who have particular issues. Mr. O'Brien referred to a WhatsApp service, which is something we have been looking at in the context of having a conversation with fishers who require interpreters.

As I said, we have struggled with getting interpreters, maybe at short notice, on to a quayside. I accept that this does not happen that often. There is an issue with interpreters on the quayside and the willingness of fishers to talk to us while the interpreter is there. We give cards to all fishers to be distributed with our contact details. As I said, in many cases there are follow-up calls to us and we use interpreters as part of those discussions. They are readily available to us but the point is the most recent reports suggest we should look at whether we should have interpreters at the quayside in every instance. We must consider that seriously.