Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

If the Senator has de facto information about misappropriation in any system and he tells us who did it, where it was done and how it happened, we will have it followed up and pursued. The Minister for Agriculture and Food responded to the Senator specifically on this issue and made the position quite clear. I expect that the Senator will respect and accept what he said about our being here to work in the interests of Ireland, its people and its products and will continue to do so.

Amendment No. 2 is a technical amendment which rectifies a typographical error from "2001" to "2003". Amendment No. 3 is another amendment which originated in this House, when Senator Quinn suggested — and it has been accepted — that the term "not fewer" is more appropriate than "not less" in reference to people. While the term "no fewer" might be equally appropriate, the term "not fewer" already appears in the principal Act and has been adopted on that basis to maintain consistency.