Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)

I will finish on this point. We have to instil hope again among farmers. I know what farmers think. They think there is an industry built around TB and there are too many people who do not want it to end. I want it to end. We cannot, in good conscience, allow what is happening to continue. It cannot be business as usual. I guarantee that the set of proposals I hope to get consensus on with the farm organisations, with which we have been continuing to work back and forth since last February, can give hope of a roadmap out of this for the 6% of farmers who have this issue and ensure that the 94% of farmers who do not have it do not get it.