Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I, too, was going to ask about subhead B.3.8 on animal welfare and the control of horses. I will await the answer to Deputy Thomas Pringle's question on the provision for the coming year.

Subheads B.3.10 and B.3.11 concern BSE compensation and related costs and BSE testing. With regard to compensation and related costs, there is a very welcome and significant reduction in line with the reduced incidence of positive cases. What is the Minister's outlook on BSE testing? Does he envisage a day on which we will be able to draw a line under it and not make provision for it? What is the current position?