Mr. Conor O'Mahony:

Our expenditure on the wildlife programme, which includes capturing for vaccination and culling, has almost doubled in the past four or five years. There is no lack of resources. Going back to the early 2000s when we started culling badgers, we have more or less consistently culled the same number over that entire period. Our culling level has not dropped. It might go up a couple of hundred-odd a year.