Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion

Mr. Sean Coughlan:

Only the herds that had a TB outbreak were relevant to that analysis. If a herd did not have TB, there was no way to establish whether it had been exposed to TB or not. In that scenario, the herds involved are ones that have had a TB outbreak. I agree that herds in some parts of the country will be far more exposed to TB than other herds.