Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It might be no harm to do so. Before I move to programme C, it would be remiss of me not to welcome the reduction in the overall TB numbers. There is an odd hot spot around the country and I happen to live in the middle of one. I notice that there is a slight increase in the provision that would be targeted at areas that seem to have consistently higher - far higher in some cases - average outbreaks of TB per thousand animals compared to the national average. It is three times the national average in my constituency. If I did not make that point, I would be accused of not standing up for my own area. Everybody else seems to be able to do it so I should be able to do it as well.

Programme C deals with the rural economy, environmental and structural changes. We are dealing with C.3 to C.10, inclusive.