Mr. Philip Nugent:

I thank the Deputy for the question. One of my responsibilities is oversight of Inland Fisheries Ireland. I am not involved in the protected disclosures processes for good reasons, which are to protect the integrity of the protected disclosures processes, to ensure there are no conflicts of interest and that they are dealt with by a separate part of the Department. What I can say, as mentioned by the Deputy, is that it is quite common for the investigation aspect of a protected low disclosure process to be outsourced or for specific expertise to be brought in. That is what happened with the first protected disclosure where it is-----