asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the number of certified dairy herds in (a) Dublin City; (b) Dublin County, and (c) the remainder of the country; and, further, whether he will state the percentage of the bovine population in each case these figures represent.

The numbers of tested herds in respect of which the owners hold licences as highest grade milk producers are as follows:—

No information is available in regard to the total number of tested herds in the country, and it is not possible, therefore, to give the information sought in the last part of the question.

Can the Minister say what is the percentage?

We have no means of giving that.