John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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It was a question that was raised regarding cases taken by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the special investigations unit was part of that. The committee was then told that the costs of those cases were being dealt with by the Chief State Solicitor's office. We have sent a request to the Chief State Solicitor's office to provide us with a breakdown of those costs and, in particular, for those cases that went nowhere but which were terminated for one reason or another. We then agreed to hear from a number of individuals who had the experience of dealing with the Department in a number of these cases that have been dealt with. While we have not yet set a date, we have been in contact with quite a number of them and as soon as they are available, on a date that is suitable to the committee, we will invite them in.