Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion

5:00 pm

Mr. Michael Sheahan:

To be clear, it is not a question of there being any difficulty on RTÉ’s part in respect of handing over the footage. The same as with the marts issue last year or whenever it was, there is no difficulty. There are a few legal issues that they are working through about chain of custody of the footage. That is the only thing that is delayed and it is not because of any obstruction on RTÉ’s part - far from it. When it comes to bringing prosecutions, which is obviously the ultimate aim, they, along with the gardaí in particular, want to ensure there is a chain of custody when it comes to the footage. That is all it is.

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