Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No.2:

In page 11, subsection (1)(b)(ii), line 19, after "kept" to insert the following:

"having regard to the potential of wind borne spread of disease or of protected or other species of wildlife spreading disease".

This amendment again deals with section 8(1) and the risk or spread of disease onto farmland or premises on which the animal is kept. The potential of wind borne spread of disease, or of protected or other species of wildlife spreading disease, is obviously outside the control of a farmer. There has not been a low incidence of the spread of wind borne disease in this country, although it certainly has happened in other countries. I do not want farmers to be left exposed if that line in my amendment is not put in. I would like to hear the Minister's thoughts.