Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Bovine TB Eradication Programme: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

4:00 pm

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Dr. Good and her colleagues. I thank her for a very comprehensive presentation. Is she confident the 2030 target can be achieved, particularly in light of the wildlife issues mentioned by Deputy Cahill and Senator Lombard? Recently I met a number of farmers from west Wicklow, along with Deputy Cahill, and the reactor rate in certain areas there was in high teens compared to a national average of 3%. Given this particular challenge, how does Dr. Good see the State being able to achieve total eradication? What additional steps does she feel are required to get to this stage?

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