Mr. Michael Sheahan:

I would not want anyone to get the idea that it is just a question of making an inquiry and starting up. People have made inquiries and to be fair to those people, from what I can see, they are all credible people who would be able to do the job properly. However, there is a difference between making an inquiry and actually going ahead. People have made inquiries and have been asking what exactly they would need to do and what is involved. Some of them have slaughter facilities already but some of those may need some modifications to be able to deal with horse carcasses. The height of rails is a particular difficulty when it comes to slaughtering horses.