317 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing fury in the farming community over measures set down in the nitrates good agricultural practice statutory instrument, S.I. No. 378, which empowers forcible entry to the homes of farm families through court order where entry is otherwise refused, the searching of dwellings and the removal of records, including computers, from the premises and domestic sheds within the curtilage of dwellings in view of the fact that such measures are being viewed as oppressive; his views on this Government’s assault on the natural and constitutional rights of farm families, and the gross abuse of their privacy and enjoyment of the family home; his further views on removing the measures from the statutory instrument and the similar provision as set out in the Water Services Bill 2003 which he is currently piloting through Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/06]

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317 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the growing fury in the farming community over measures set down in the nitrates good agricultural practice statutory instrument, S.I. No. 378, which empowers forcible entry to the homes of farm families through court order where entry is otherwise refused, the searching of dwellings and the removal of records, including computers, from the premises and domestic sheds within the curtilage of dwellings in view of the fact that such measures are being viewed as oppressive; his views on this Government’s assault on the natural and constitutional rights of farm families, and the gross abuse of their privacy and enjoyment of the family home; his further views on removing the measures from the statutory instrument and the similar provision as set out in the Water Services Bill 2003 which he is currently piloting through Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/06]

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