Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I assure Deputy Carthy that I am certainly the one who is responsible and in charge here. I am very clearly of the view that I should have been informed on 16 October, or whenever the recall notice was issued to the company. Recalls are not unusual. They tend to be operational in nature so they would not always be escalated within the Department. This one should have been, given the nature of what was involved, and I have initiated a review of the handling of this incident. The initial recall to the company was on 16 October. It became clear, from communication with my Department, that by Thursday, 22 October, that recall had not proceeded. At that point I was informed and then the public notification went out and a public recall initiated. There are, however, undoubtedly lessons to be learned here, and I am determined they will be learned in the future.

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