John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the Department tested 20 pigs and found that substance among those pigs, I do not think, ultimately, that it would have been in the High Court. I think, basically, it was incontrovertible evidence with regard to what might have gone into the food chain; and having regard to that, it would have solved an awful lot of problems subsequently. The Department made a mistake by not going down that road. That is just my opinion. The Department left a gap and a grey area when it came to the potential state of those pigs. That is my opinion. I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to continue.