Sir, - Why are we giving such lavish grants to farmers whose cattle get BSE virus (£110 million to date)? It is no wonder some farmers consider it worthwhile to contaminate their herd artificially. I am quite sure that if grants were available to farmers whose wives had only one. leg, we'd suddenly have more amputees than Rwanda.
If we are serious about getting rid of BSE, the solution is to fine farmers for every infected animal and cut them off all subsidies, premiums, headage payments and other handouts, for at least five years. - Yours, etc.,
Erne Terrace,
Baile Atha Cliath 2.