Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Statement of Strategy 2023-2026: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
5:30 pm
Victor Boyhan (Independent)
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I will wrap up because, as I said, I have to leave the meeting and I do not want to get into argy-bargy. The individual to whom Mr. Gleeson referred is on public record. He was here last week. There is no mystique about it. I get a sense that Mr. Gleeson does not like or is uncomfortable with the idea. I am with telling Mr. Gleeson what I think. I do not have a problem with this. I do not come in and make things up. As I say, I have other information and I am happy to share it with the relevant authorities in an ongoing investigation. I am saying clearly and categorically that I believe that there should be an external, independent review of the perceived shortcomings relating to the Department. None of its staff, from the top to the bottom, are above being questioned-----