Dr. Damien Barrett:

I understand that.

We must get to a situation where we treat this as a disease eradication programme rather than asking the State to fund it without rooting out disease. These are one or two animals in large operations. There is a risk–reward aspect here in respect of the reward to be gained by taking these animals out versus the consequences of leaving them behind, which will lead to bigger breakdowns. People need to make these business decisions.