§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list all the confirmed cases of BSE in Northern Ireland(a) in 1991 and (b) before 1991 on a county basis.
§ Mr. HanleyFollowing is the information.
1991 County Number of confirmed cases of BSE Down 27 Fermanagh 19 Londonderry 26 Tyrone 32 Antrim 55 Armagh 11 Total 170
Prior to 1991 Down 33 Fermanagh 12 Londonderry 12 Tyrone 25 Antrim 42 Armagh 9 Total 133 There are 1,533,226 cattle in Northern Ireland, and a total of 308 confirmed cases of BSE have been reported to date.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the location, including the6W county, of the incinerators which dispose of BSE-infected cattle that are currently operating in Northern Ireland and in each case give the potential capacity and actual capacity for through put each week of infected cattle; whether he has plans to introduce new incinerators; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HanleyThere are two incinerators currently operating in Northern Ireland, one at Dundonald, County Down, and one at Omagh, Co. Tyrone. These incinerators both of which are owned by the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland are used for the disposal of a wide range of pathological material, for example, clinical material submitted for diagnostic investigations and post-mortem examination. The Department is currently installing a new incinerator in County Down. The potential capacity—based on 24 hours a day, five days a week operation—and actual throughputs are as follows:
Bovines Per Week Potential Actual Throughputs1 County Tyrone 60 2.0 County Down 75 3.5 1Average weekly number of BSE infected cattle.