Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was giving technical advice but an increase in the number cattle being tested would mean it gets more business. I understand each test costs €30. The more people employed, the bigger the organisation and the greater its input. That is just human nature. Any of us who have dealt with the not-for-profit sector has had to guard against such behaviour. It is not realistic to claim that the ICBF's board is immune to the normal human reaction to these matters.

The reality is that if it had been 30% it was only half the work. I find it strange in respect of the broad aspects of the scheme that the board knew nothing and, particularly, that it did not know about the scope of the scheme in terms of the number of cattle that would have to be tested which is one of the major issues that is annoying the farmer.