Mr. Gerard Moran:

The owners of the filling station shut it down, pumped out the fuel and are carrying out repair work or whatever on the fuel tanks. There is speculation that the problem was caused by a water leak but the owners have never said what the problem was and the cause remains unclear. The issue cropped up in only one filling station.

Let me respond to the other questions. I was asked how many samples were taken and the answer is 180 samples. I was asked how many tests were undertaken before June. I do not have the figure but I guess it would be exceptionally low if any samples were taken. With all of our work we operate on the basis of risk. Therefore, interventions and checks are undertaken in proportion to the level of risk. As the committee will be aware, most of the risk has been in other areas of fuel fraud and not petrol stretching.