Mr. Michael Sheahan:

This is not a proposal from the Department. This is one of many issues we are discussing at the forum. We are giving people the science. The science from UCD states that if we wanted to eradicate TB in the quickest time possible, we would bring in a thing called risk-based trading, which is essentially what is done in New Zealand and what is beginning to be done in the UK, whereby one gives people the information in regard to the risk of the animals they are buying. I accept it is very tricky. There are two sides to the coin. Somebody with a dairy herd that is clear will want that information but somebody who is selling cattle that have had an issue-----