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"Mr President, firstly I would like to add my congratulations to the rapporteur and to all involved in bringing about this report. It is a balanced report and has been a good initiative. It has been good for this Parliament because it has proved that it could produce a report that the national parliament was afraid to.
I would like to comment on one of the Commissioner's remarks. He said that the effect was the same as other diseases or previous outbreaks of foot and mouth and we need to act, but the question is how do we act? That is what has to be addressed. This report and investigation brought home the wider effects. Coming, as it did, on the back of BSE in the United Kingdom, this disease wrecked the rural economy and destroyed many farmers in the UK.
I come from Northern Ireland, and Mrs Doyle has referred to the fact that she comes from the Republic of Ireland. The reality is that we were very lucky. Let us not underestimate this. We were not all that good, but we were very lucky. A load of sheep left Longtown market, went all the way across the Irish Sea, were dropped off at Larne in the middle of the island of Ireland and it took a long time to detect them. Let me be clear: we need better controls there as well.
What will remain with us is the sight on our TV screens of the burning pyres. It brought home to us how horrific the situation was. There has to be a better way of controlling it. Ring vaccination has to be the way in which we look at trying to control it. We should put in place more resources and more finance for research and development to achieve a traceable vaccine, so we know that animals have been vaccinated.
I will finish by re-echoing what has already been said on border controls: border controls are totally inefficient. Meat is being brought into the European Community, into the United Kingdom and other countries, and it is not being caught. We are going to have to deal with this as other countries have done. They have been more effective than we have been. We must ensure that our ports and airports are properly controlled in every way. The truth is that this disease can strike anywhere and at any time. I hope it does not, but we must be ready if it does."@en1
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