asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he has made representations to the European Commission for special aids for private storage of tuberculosis reactor meat.

I have not made representations to the European Commission for such aids.

Could I ask this question as a supplementary to the previous question?

Question No. 10 is being dealt with now.

Can the Parliamentary Secretary tell us what proposals he has put to the Council of Ministers? That is what we are anxious to know.

I was asked a specific question about special aids for private storage of tuberculosis reactor meat. I have replied to the question.

The Parliamentary Secretary does not know anything else.

We have not made representations for aids for storage.

Question No. 11.

We do not want to highlight our reactor position. If Deputies want to do so, that is their business.

Is that not your own fault? For two years the Department had a row with the vets.

It is not the Department's fault. Neither is it the Government's fault. We are doing as good a job as possible in the face of difficulties and obstacles.

You are not doing anything.

Order. Questions are becoming erratic.

Is the Parliamentary Secretary aware of the serious problem which will face the industry in regard to storage. The expectation is that there will be many TB carcases which will have to be disposed of in countries outside the EEC. Will he agree that storage will be required for those carcases?

No. Neither do I agree——

What will you do with them?

——that it would be desirable to provide storage for reactor meat here. I do not think it would be advisable. Everybody knows the market for reactor meat is limited.

Since the Parliamentary Secretary does not think it advisable that reactor meat should be put in storage, may I inquire what will we do with it?

The same as what happened down through the years.

You cannot. There is an EEC regulation.

Question No. 11.