Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine - 2021 Financial Statements
Fishery Harbour Centres

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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There have been changes in that area as well. When this was raised with me I looked into it and I discovered that there is an issue in relation to genomic testing. If one does the analysis on breeding bulls, for instance, one can actually decide to take certain bulls out because the calves from those bulls can have a higher likelihood of getting TB if it enters the herd. What progress can be made, from a scientific point of view, on this?