Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Fishing Industry: Discussion

Dr. Susan Steele:

The SFPA takes its data protection commitments seriously. In any situation where data have been leaked, we have taken it seriously.

Regarding the audit and the administrative inquiry, the SFPA is bound by legislation to carry out the administrative inquiry. It is not that we choose to carry it out. Rather, following an audit, the Commission will request an administrative inquiry, which is what has happened in this situation.

I want to check something with the Deputy. I believe what he is asking is whether we support the publication of the EU audit report and its own administrative report. Is that correct?