Could the Minister say where exactly the responsibility for straying animals rests? Does it rest with the Department of Justice or with the local authorities? There is not a practical approach. I want the Minister to know that I am concerned about large areas of County Dublin which are rapidly developing and in which there is no man's land, so to speak, land which has been acquired by the corporation or the county council. People simply put their animals there and they wander on to the roads doing damage of all sorts, apart from causing accidents. Can the Minister say exactly who is responsible?

I would respectfully suggest to the Deputy that this is an entirely separate question from the one I have been asked. I should be glad to deal with it if the Deputy would put it on the Order Paper.