Mr. Andrew Kinneen:

-----that the Deputy is getting from us. I will revisit some of the areas covered by Dr. Steele. The Deputy asked whether we agreed with the administrative inquiry. That inquiry was supported by Ireland, as we are legally obliged to do, through the provision of data to the Commission. Those data were primarily concerned with the landing of pelagic fish at Killybegs between 2012 and 2016. We provided the Commission with detailed records using the data we had on hand as regards what was recorded by the masters of vessels, what we had recorded about the dipping of vessels, etc. We made every effort to respond to the Commission with a complete data set.

In our contacts with the Commission, we have been clear in our views as technical experts and the competent authority about what we regard as the technical limitations of data gathered from the dipping of refrigerated saltwater tanks. We have through-----