The Department of Agriculture and Food retains in storage approximately 700 BSE infected animals of which it is unable to dispose. The Department is seeking tenders from contractors to take the animals out of the country but no one wants them. Could there be some type of intergovernmental consultation to devise a way to dispose safely of these animals? We cannot just export them and push our waste elsewhere. If two Departments cannot get together to make a decision on the issue, the problem of waste management will never be resolved.