Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 440: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animals at present on the CMMS that do not actually exist; the efforts being made to have the situation rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36546/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Cattle numbers and other information included on the Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS) database are based on information provided by farmers in relation to calf births/the movement of cattle onto and off their holdings and by information captured at all the exit points. My Department continues to monitor the validity of all information on the database. A number of animals included on the database are under query with farmers at any particular time and appropriate steps are taken to remove any erroneous or invalid data identified.