I understand that 63 per cent of herds were tested last year and I should like to know if it was because of a lack of finance that a full round of testing was not carried out?

The Deputy will be aware that there was a decrease in the budgetary allocation for the scheme last year. The funding for the scheme was £24.5 million and the amount spent was £26.2 million compared with £34 million required for a full test.