John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Fair enough. The Department is not the FDA. It is interesting that in those circumstances it has led to a situation where a man is basically out of pocket to the tune of €0.75 million, notwithstanding the animal rights issues here. That substance is legal in the United States to this day and was legal here up to three years prior to the event. I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to continue as far as the testing is concerned.