asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries when County Galway will be declared a brucellosis free area.

I hope to extend compulsory eradication measures to County Galway next year but it would not be possible to say at this stage when the county can be declared a brucellosis free area.

When will testing be started in Galway?

In the coming year.

Could the Minister say what month?

I could not say.