Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 25 May 1999

Vol. 505 No. 3

Written Answers. - Cattle Smuggling.

Pat Rabbitte

Question:

49 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action, if any, he will take arising from the departmental investigation into the circumstances of the seizure at the AIBP plant in Nenagh, County Tipperary, in November 1997 of a consignment of cattle believed to have been smuggled from Northern Ireland; if he will publish the report of his Department's investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13588/99]

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. Walsh)

My Department has carried out an investigation into this matter. That report has been referred to the Garda Síochána with a view to determining whether the activities described therein warrant action by the Garda authorities.