Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

Was there anything unusual about the inspection regime of this plant compared to other food recycling or milling plants? Were none of them inspected in 2008, or was this the only one that was not inspected?

When did the Department first actually suspect there was a problem? I can assume that if the Dutch were concerned about it last September, there must have been some communication — not about Ireland, obviously, but about a problem with dioxins. When did the Department first suspect it had a real problem?

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