Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
9:30 am
Mr. Brendan Gleeson:
My understanding is it is five cases and five complaints. I looked at the reports from those. A vet went out and examined the animals on those occasions. For example, there might be a lame animal, which is not necessarily indicative of neglect, but something might have to be done. Veterinary attention might have to be paid to them. However, the vet was satisfied there was nothing of a nature that would require a prosecution or the seizure of animals on those occasions.