Senator Callanan made a far-reaching contribution on many matters. I profoundly disagree with his cúpla focal on BSE-infected material housed in Tipperary which was not classified as hazardous and transported safely. The Labour Party has called for a comprehensive statement from the Minister to explain why specified risk material from slaughtered cattle, some of which may have contained BSE, had not been classified by the Department as hazardous waste. Specified risk material, known as SRM, includes material such spinal cords, tonsils and skulls which are removed from all slaughtered cattle over 12 months old before they are ready for consumption. This is done to reduce the risk of Creutzfelt-Jakob disease being contracted by humans. The SRM is removed and stored in a large warehouse in County Tipperary to await transportation abroad for incineration. The SRM stored in Tipperary could contain BSE-infected material, and therefore become a risk to human health. EU directives and the Waste Management Act, 1996, require that such material be classified as hazardous waste, but this was not done in this case. That is quite worrying.