asked the Minister for Agriculture the reason that senior Department officials failed to attend a meeting on the eradication of bovine tuberculosis in County Cavan on Tuesday, 2 December 1986.
Written Answers. - Disease Eradication Scheme Meetings.
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Those officials at headquarters who received invitations to the meeting were precluded from attending because of prior commitments and each of them so informed the organisers well in advance of the meeting.
While senior officials of my Department are available regularly to the farming organisations to discuss the disease eradication schemes, in the case of the many regional meetings that take place from time to time the normal practice is for my Department's local veterinary officer to attend where possible. The superintending veterinary inspector for County Cavan was present at the meeting in question.