Dr. Susan Steele:

I will answer, although I see that Mr. Kinneen also wants to contribute. It has been stated on the record that the SFPA strongly supports the publication of all Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, DG MARE, audits of all member states and third countries. When we deal with audits of food controls by the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, DG SANTE, they are published. We put this submission into the control regulation. In the values of our organisation as a regulator, we are of the view that this level of transparency serves to help the confidence of those whom we regulate and shows there is a level playing field in the application of European legislation.

There is no SFPA administrative report. Rather, there are EU audit findings. Under Article 4 of EU Regulation No. 1049 of 2001 of the European Parliament regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, no documents relating to the administrative inquiry can be made public.

I acknowledge what the Deputy is saying. If it is acceptable, I will ask Mr Kinneen to comment because I can see he would like to.