Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)

Photo of Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has spoken about increased provision for TB testing. Does he have plans to spread the costs of TB testing to all those engaged in the food production system instead of the disproportionate burden that is falling on farmers themselves?

While the Minister says there is more money to be allocated to TB testing, is he sure that money is being well spent in terms of the eradication of the disease? We have had a number of organisations before the committee and they have told us the programme is not effective in targeting the disease and in the methods being used. Will the Minister give us some information on that?

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