Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

It is important to understand what was seen on the programme. We saw events - I have to be careful - on a farm adjacent to the slaughter premises. We saw in a small portion of the footage what was happening in the slaughterhouse. In the context of what was happening in the slaughterhouse, we staff the slaughterhouse on the day of slaughter - one day a week. We check for traceability and the welfare of the animals as they come in. We check hygiene and all of the conditions that apply to any slaughter plant. I am certain that what Mr. Sheahan meant was that in the context of what was going on in the slaughter plant under our supervision, we were satisfied that things seemed reasonably okay in the context of all of those parameters.