Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

1. A copy of the documentation held by or for DAFM in relation to approval process fro Bovine Identification Tags which was published on 30 September 2016, which relates to results of any assessments, forensic or otherwise, carried out on the tags submitted by all applicants as part of the application process. 2. Details of all bovine tag orders placed by herd keepers on a daily basis for the months Nov 2016 to Jan 2017. 3. Details of any information furnished by the Department to a bovine tag supplier since 2002 to date which provided herd keeper details to that supplier. 4. A copy of (a) the mathematical and statistical information which informed the decision to refer to 7% loss rate in the Annex to the Approval Process, (b) details of the number of cattle slaughtered annually since 2002 to date in meat processors or knackeries, (c) details of number of cattle with just one bovine ear tag slaughtered annually since 2002 to date in meat processors or knackeries, and (d) details of cattle slaughtered with one tag slaughtered annually since 2002 to date under the supervision of vets or personnel from DAFM