The Minister will remember that during the preparation of the programme for Government, debt resolution and other matters were given important attention in it but where does that leave us in terms of the outrageous action by Army marksmen who shot five cattle belonging to a Monaghan farmer in recent days? That was outrageous. I would say to the official assignee to the bankruptcy case, whom I will not name, a Cheann Comhairle, because-----

It is difficult to relate this to any item of legislation or anything in the programme for Government.

It is in the programme for Government. It was outrageous that our Army was used to shoot five cattle. The Minister should read the story. It was outrageous. It should not be tolerated.

It is for discussion in the Topical Issue debate today.

Those who ordered the people to pull the trigger are a disgrace, not the people who fired the shots; I refer to the people who gave the order. This House should say, "Shame on them." It was a disgraceful, despicable act.

I do not know if the Minister can comment on that matter.

I understand this was done as a last resort for reasons of public safety. I know as well as the Deputy that diseases in our herd can have a huge impact on the fortunes of the entire farming sector if they are allowed get out of hand. This containment strategy must be in place, and it is only as a last resort that something of this nature would occur.