Willie Penrose
Question:35 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the independent review of foot and mouth disease in Northern Ireland, published in June 2002, and to the Anderson report on the British foot and mouth outbreak, published in July 2002; if he will use these reports as a contribution to combat future foot and mouth outbreaks here; the degree to which there is ongoing cross-Border and Anglo-Irish ministerial co-operation on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20825/02]