Is the Minister aware that at present there is an alarming increase in the number of animals dying as a result of poor feedstuffs? Is he aware that in my county there is a special meeting of ACOT convened for next Monday to consider what can be done because of poor quality hay, if any, low quality silage, which is also running out, and that as a result of a combination of all of those, the dead animal processing factories are now cluttered with dead animals?

I am aware that there is quite a problem being experienced in this regard vis-à-vis other years on account of not just a bad summer last year but the particularly harsh spring we have had. When the Deputy uses the word feedingstuffs does he intend that to apply to rations? I imagine it is poor quality hay and very poor quality silage in many cases——

And the east wind in February and March.