asked the Minister for Agriculture whether there are statistics available in his Department to support the allegation made, at a recent meeting of the Limerick County Committee of Agriculture, that, on a general average, 15 or 16 cows from County Limerick are condemned, owing to tuberculosis infection, in the Dublin Abattoir, as compared with one from any other county; and if not, if he will cause a denial of this allegation to be published by his Department.

There are no statistics available in my Department to support the allegation referred to in the Deputy's question.