Will the Government help to fund the transportation of fodder, including hay, from England to help feed the animals that are starving here today? This is a crisis.

Has the Deputy a question on legislation?

I am asking this in light of the existence of the strategic infrastructure committee whose job is to deal with disasters. This is as big a disaster as the Taoiseach will ever preside over.

Last year, it was seen fit to stop the ferry serving Dursey Island from ferrying animals over and back.

That is a parliamentary question.

No; it is not. I will explain and then I will finish. The cable car for carrying animals over and back was to be replaced with a ferry, which has now been removed. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, should note it is not a laughing matter. There is nothing to smile about. If she had animals on Dursey Island, she would like to see some infrastructure in place to take them over and back. It is not a joke. Will the Taoiseach answer my two specific and very important questions?

The fodder is coming in from Britain at the moment by truck. There were 75 truckloads last weekend, organised by one of the major co-operatives. It is not a matter that requires legislation.

I do not know the details about the Dursey Island cable car and what has happened to it but I have been aware of its existence for many years. People from the west had commitments in respect of another cable car to an island off the west coast but it never materialised at all. Dursey Island was the prototype the individuals concerned were examining. I suggest Deputy Michael Healy-Rae raise the matter during the Topical Issue debate. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle, in his beneficence, will probably approve it for him.