Ivan Yates
Ceist:161 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry in the context of the implementation of European Directive No. 92/102 in relation to livestock identification in this country, if farmers will be given the choice of more than one supplier of ear tags that conform to the standard Departmental specification; in relation to tendering, if consideration will be given to the employment related to the manufacturing of such identity tags and particularly the employment consequences for Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and, in view of the fact that this new tagging system will displace all current tags used by farmers, if employment in this country will be given a priority in any such consideration. [2913/94]