James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

He is convicted. It is an embarrassment to the Department of agriculture that that individual was left near an animal. It is actually disgusting. I grew up around animals, horses and cows, and have been around them all my life. That somebody could be convicted and still be allowed work in a setting involving animals is sick. If we put this is a human context, would we have somebody like this in a setting involving hospital care or other things involving healthcare with humans? It is barbaric and an indictment of the Department that was allowed to happen, if that is the case. I wanted to make that point.