Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

TB Eradication Programme: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Conor O'Mahony:

EU contributions are gone and are not coming back. The last time we received money was 2023. The EU budget was realigned in terms of animal health. On the cost contribution, the costs are going up and we acknowledge that the farmers' testing fees are going up. We have a financial working group within the TB forum. This is where we reached an agreement in 2023 on the revised income supplement, the hardship grant, and the depopulation grant scheme. There is an existing process there on how the cost contribution is examined. That will be the-----

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