NOTICE TO MEMBERS

TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2009

QUESTION FOR URGENT ORAL ANSWER

To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail the circumstances surrounding the theft of 16 cattle, infected by Tuberculosis and Brucellosis, which were under DARD responsibility on Castleblaney Road, Keady on Monday 5 October and to outline:

a. what immediate action has been taken, or will be taken, by her Department to regain possession of the infected cattle

b. what immediate action has been taken, or will be taken, to protect cattle across Northern Ireland

c. what immediate action has been taken, or will be taken, to stop a similar incident taking place in the future.