Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

I do not think so. As I understand it, we will hold on to confiscated goods. They arise in two cases. Where the product might be legitimate in itself but it is of some evidential value, just as the gardaí would, we would take it and hold it as evidence. The other case is where a product itself is not legitimate. As regards the first of those cases, that is, a product which is legitimate but is held for evidential purposes, we would hold on to it as long as we need to for evidential purposes - it might be the court case or some other purpose - and then return it. In the case of a product which is illegal, we would arrange for its destruction.