Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To be successful, we need to front-load some of that pain. We need to layer in a range of different measures, including increased blood testing of the highest risk cohorts which stay on the farm longer, which are generally females over 18 months. That testing will front-load some of that pain. It will identify more reactors and will require more compensation for the farmers affected.