Mary Harney
Question:52 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the exact practice that has pertained in relation to the slaughter of animals in a herd in which BSE has been discovered; the amount of compensation that has been paid by his Department to the owners of such herds; whether that compensation applies only to an infected animal or to all animals in the herd; and whether the animals in the herd, other than those actually affected by BSE, are sold on the market after slaughter. [1835/96]