Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion

2:00 pm

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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I ask the assistant secretary to answer my question. The ICBF will judge a bull on 12 tests. One will start off in good faith with one's animal and then one will get a calf. What happens if the rating changes, following 12 different tests, by the time the heifer has had her calf? Where does the Department stand on that issue? Does one have to buy a five-star animal? I expect a "Yes" or "No" answer.