Mr. Conor O'Mahony:

To reiterate, there is an acceptance among all stakeholders that something different needs to happen across a number of areas. The risk of transmission from high-risk animals to other herds needs to be addressed and wrestled with. A number of years ago, proposals put forward by the Department were not accepted by other stakeholders. We have been discussing with them over the past few months potential measures that could be implemented to address that particular risk that can be acceptable to them, while at the same time reducing the transmission of TB from what we consider higher-risk animals and higher-risk herds. As I said to Senator Daly, those conversations with farm organisations are ongoing. I do not want to betray the nature of those conversations. Given the high levels of disease now relative to a couple of years ago, there is a chance of ultimately getting agreement on these new measures.