Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Carroll for his presentation. Deputy Ó Cuív has outlined many of the concerns relating to investigations carried out by the SIU that ended up before the courts, which cleared and exonerated the farmers involved. Are the members of the SIU that were involved in those cases currently members of the new group? Will they be part of the Department's investigation team? Will there be an investigation into the investigations that were carried out by the SIU where the farmers in question were exonerated by the courts? If not, the Department should reconsider that.

The work that has been done on the eradication of BSE and brucellosis is to be commended, but there is a problem with TB. Since Mr. Carroll mentioned it in his presentation, what areas in the country are most affected by TB at present? I understand that some of those areas are in the Border region, straddling both sides of the Border. What is the level of co-operation with the authorities and the Executive in the Six Counties in pursuing the eradication of TB?