Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour)

He is well aware of it. On the declaration of destruction for that nonconformity in relation to the destruction of defective ammunition rounds, the overall costs go well beyond the recognised shipping and destruction costs of €160,000. The key issue is that a defective product was supplied by a company in Italy. The onus therefore was on that company and its agent in Ireland, which I believe is Daniel Technologies, to recover the defective munitions, transport them back to Italy and ensure their destruction. However, for what I believe is an unexplainable reason, a member of sergeant rank was permitted to issue a declaration of destruction for nonconformity to the Italian company placing responsibility for destruction back on Garda HQ with significant costs being borne by the public. Did the Commissioner approve the issuance of the declaration or was the sergeant simply permitted to write off €160,000 of public funds?