In view of the restrictions on the sale of the carcases of reactors to some countries would it be possible to devise a scheme whereby there could be some assistance in regard to the sale of this product to third countries? Also, would it be possible through the EEC to have a scheme of grants to assist private storage of reactors having regard to the difficulty experienced in disposing of these carcases to some countries?

Does the Deputy think that private storage companies would take up any such offer? What would they do with the meat? There is a problem here. One of the peculiar features of the whole eradication effort in Europe is that, while it is all right to use the flesh of these cattle on a national basis, it is not in order for them to be consumed in other member states. For example, cattle here which may be classified as having TB although they may have no lesions can be eaten on the home market but not on the markets of the other member states. It is a regulation that is all wrong and we have been trying to have it changed.

I am calling Question No. 4.

Perhaps I might ask a final supplementary. Is there any hope of assistance for storage since this aspect is a problem in this whole area?

That situation has not come to me so far as a problem.