Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Funchion. The reason I outlined the background to the case and the various assessments and investigations which took place was to outline that this is something that has been looked at in great detail. The investigations through the inter-agency group were completed as far back as 2010. This has been an issue and has been under consideration for a long time now, a very significant investigation and assessment has been carried out, and had been reported to the farmer and his advisers. That is the backdrop to this matter and that is why I outlined it.

All of those reports are available for public assessment and viewing. There is not any proposal to re-open this matter and I believe there was a very thorough assessment and investigation at the time.

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