Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

Deputy Deasy said he is a fine person and he could well be. I do not take that away from him. That is not an issue for me. Deputy Deasy is correct that I have also said that if we did this again, I am quite sure we would not do it in the same way in the same circumstances. In particular, if we did allow on-farm slaughter by the farmer I think we would supervise the entire thing. As to whether we would allow on-farm slaughter by the farmer at all, I do not know. I am unwilling to say definitely not.