Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I do not have a lot of the technical details with me so I will work from memory and Deputy might bear this in mind. My recollection of the figures I have seen are that in 2017 there were approximately 56,000 carcass examinations; there were no penalties in 2015; in 2016, 28 penalties were incurred; in 2017 there were none; and, to date, in 2018, 20 or 21 penalties have been incurred. There were no penalties in two years and fewer than 30 in the other two years. As I understand it, the options available are either administrative sanctions or prosecutions and to date there have been administrative sanctions. This means there has been no day out in court on the issue.