Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The cost of bringing a fallen animal to the knackers has gone sky high. Does that go directly to the knackers or does the Department also pay compensation? At one time it was cheap to bring a dead animal to the knackers yard but it is now very expensive, particularly over the past two years. Are they covered by the Department as well as the farmer who lost the animal? What is the breakdown? I had not intended to ask this.