Whether her department has any early warning system in place to detect outbreaks of animal diseases before they spread to the rest of the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether (a) a national contingency plan with emergency practices exists in her department in response to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and/or (b) any generic plan is in place for high impact, transboundary and trade-sensitive diseases during the outbreak of controlled animal diseases; if not, why not in each case; if so,
(3) whether the plan (a) is available to the relevant stakeholders and (b) was implemented; if not, why not in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?