Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

It is very important that the farmers affected by the outbreak of foot and mouth disease be compensated. However, the outbreak had financial implications for many others, including those involved in the tourism industry and other areas of the food industry. Has the Commission a view on further compensation methods that might take into account all the others who may not have been at the front line, but who were very much affected secondarily?

One of the Commission's recommendations was that ways of including farmers in the disease control system should be studied with a view to involving them more closely. Has any action been taken in light of this recommendation?

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