Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The last point I want to make before I go to Deputy Kerrane is about the bits under the county council supervision. It has been an ongoing saga for a number of years that they were going to be brought under the wing of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Has the Minister any provision in his Estimates for that? Where are we in trying to bring that to a conclusion? At the moment, they are under food safety and the Department of Health. We have an inspection regime in the international outlets that is run by the Department. We still have a veterinarian in each county who goes around inspecting abattoirs and other food preparation outlets in different counties. This has been going on for a number of years. Are we getting that to a conclusion? Have we scope within the Estimates to cater for that if a conclusion is reached?