Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Would it have been easier to simplify the scheme as outlined and in the same way that was done for BVD? Would it be better to have every female calf in every herd from year 1, which is this year, tested for genomics and to work form there? All calves must be tagged. A genomics test could be carried out when a female calf is tagged and we could use the same system as we do for BVD at present. All of this would be a simpler way to administer the scheme and every farmer would participate.