John Gormley
Ceist:87 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the tax breaks or other measures, if any, operated by his Department to subsidise the disposal of phosphate intensive slurries as is done in other EU member states in view of the acknowledged effect that slurry spreading, particularly pig slurry spreading from large-scale intensive units, has on the phosphate levels in ground water supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/98]