Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses came in here to make their points about the system that is in operation regarding how animals are classified. The pilot scheme for Johne's disease has very little to do with the points they need to make about the Charolais breed and the way the system is operating. That is my view. There is no substantiation for what Mr. Comerford is saying. I am a dairy and beef farmer. There is a pilot scheme for Johne's disease in the dairy herd. The strong advice to everyone in that scheme is that only milk from animals that are negative for Johne's disease should be fed to calves, not that calves should be segregated. I respectfully ask witnesses to refrain from statements that cannot be substantiated and I do not think that statement can be substantiated. Have the witnesses any other points they wish to make?