Paul McGrath
Question:156 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if, in cases where BSE has been identified in a farm animal and agreement has been reached with the farmer in question to depopulate his herd, he will give the reason it has taken up to 12 weeks to depopulate the herd; the further reason it has taken a further number of months for compensation to be paid to the farmers for the loss of their herds; the procedure to compensate the farmer for the additional foodstuffs and so on given to this herd while awaiting slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13024/01]