The Northern authorities have been criticised for their handling of the foot-and-mouth crisis by the Fianna Fail TD for Sligo-Leitrim, Mr John Ellis, who claimed the disease was not being given the same urgency as in the Republic.
Mr Ellis blamed the North's Department of Agriculture for spreading the disease, saying that officials should have checked that animals brought in from England and Scotland for slaughter were taken to abattoirs.
He said he believed the Kepak plant in Athleague, Co Roscommon, should not have processed sheep with holes in their ears, indicating they had been tagged in the UK.
Mr Ellis, who lives 20 miles from Enniskillen, said that all the precautions at Border crossings, such as the spraying of vehicles, was happening on the Southern side.