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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jun 2015)
John Deasy: When it comes to the sale of property, everybody is an expert after the fact.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jun 2015)
John Deasy: Hindsight is 20/20 vision and more so in the disposal of property assets than in any other area. However, it might be worth considering that sampling on an ongoing basis. The Comptroller and Auditor General has answered the question. He intends starting that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Will Mr. O'Driscoll publish it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: When the official removed the lump hammer from Mr. Galvin, confiscated it and directed that it was not the way to slaughter a pig, did the Department's presence increase for the subsequent slaughter of the rest of the pigs?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Mr. O'Driscoll understands my point.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: It was not my turn to speak. Thank you very much.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: I welcome Mr. O'Driscoll and his officials. I will go back to the case that was raised earlier concerning Tom Galvin in 2002. I am dealing with the case. Mr. O’Driscoll made a couple of points in response to Deputy McDonald. He was asked if a similar situation occurred again whether he would act and conduct affairs in a similar way. He suggested that he would probably not do that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Could I stop Mr. O’Driscoll on the first point? It strikes me that when all of this was being explained, nothing as weighty as that was considered. I do not just refer to the threat of what could go into the food chain. It amazes me that when it comes to the obvious and potentially devastating financial result that did occur, only 25% of the slaughter was supervised.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: That is compounded by the fact that on one occasion – as Deputy McDonald alluded to – lump hammers were allegedly taken away by officials from Tom Galvin, the farmer in question, but there was no change in procedure with regard to the subsequent slaughter that occurred after the fact. Notwithstanding the fact that it was potentially a very serious case in terms of the food...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Mr. O’Driscoll said earlier that he could not understand why he approached the Department in the way he did to slaughter the animals in the manner in which he did. It is fairly understandable. My understanding is that he went to a couple of abattoirs and they would not take the animals for the obvious reason that they probably said they did not want any potentially contaminated pigs...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Does Mr. O’Driscoll think that was fair?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Frankly, this would not have occurred the way it did if it occurred today.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: It was not the only mistake. When that pig was tested, it remained in a state of limbo for three months. If those pigs got sick, it must be noted that medicines were taken away from the farmer. As was alluded to by the Department, he moved animals in that interim period, probably because he needed cash to keep going. How many pigs were tested on day one? Of the 4,000 pigs, how many pigs...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Four?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: How many pigs were tested for the so-called carcinogen that was found in the singular pig?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to go back to the finding of carbadox, as clarity is needed on this. It is a substance that was legal up to 1999. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: This was in 2002. It is a substance that is still legal when it comes to feeding pigs in the United States. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015) John Deasy: Fair enough. The Department is not the FDA. It is interesting that in those circumstances it has led to a situation where a man is basically out of pocket to the tune of €0.75 million, notwithstanding the animal rights issues here. That substance is legal in the United States to this day and was legal here up to three years prior to the event. I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to continue as...