John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I did not want to have the two institutes here together because of the proposed amalgamation. I do not want to cast any doubt over that process because the issues are completely different.

When the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine appeared before us some time ago, officials committed to providing, within days, a complete rebuttal to each of the issues raised. To date, however, we have not received it.