Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps her Department will take to control the spread of ragwort which is growing extensively on roadside verges and vacant land; the number of prosecutions taken in each of the past five years for failure to control ragwort; the number of convictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21799/07]

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