Dr. Damien Barrett:

The main ways of addressing this is to identify infected animals and remove them as promptly as possible. That is the first element in this. Then, speaking more broadly, it is about the wildlife element and increasing our footfall in the wildlife programme. We are also looking at trying to empower farmers to protect their old herds. We have rolled out a TB targeted advisory service on animal health, TASAH, which is delivered by private vets. This advises farmers on what they can do in terms of stock and badger proofing their own yards. It advises them on how to purchase stock. There is another element residual infection, which the Deputy alluded to and what is driving this. This has become a bigger issue as herds get bigger. Our main way of driving this will be rolling out interferon-gamma blood testing on a wider basis. Risk-based trading also plays a part in this. That also is how we envisage this being addressed.