Michael Murphy (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

I will not dwell on this. I do not know if Dr. Downes agrees with me but it is about taking samples at the earliest possible opportunity along the entire stretch of the river. Ultimately, we do not have the evidence to find the murderer. For me, the big red flag here was how the evidence was collected and how quickly the evidence was collected.

Somebody once said to me that the best solution to pollution is dilution. As the hours and days went on, this contaminate was simply diluted. I want to conclude by asking Dr. Downes if he agrees with me that it is absolutely critical to take samples at the earliest opportunity at as many different sample points as you possibly can in terms of trying to have some chance, at best, of finding evidence?