Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Well done, I thank the Minister for confirming it. The animal health and welfare telephone line has been set up and it is a great idea but why did only 500 people apply? They were reluctant to apply because the ISPCA will be involved in monitoring the farms from hereon to find out if there was neglect or an inability to deal with herds. That is a point that has been brought to my attention. If only 500 people applied out of 150,000 farmers, it is quite poor.