Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Select Committee on Agriculture and Food

Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Further Revised)

2:00 am

Photo of Danny Healy-RaeDanny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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My time is going. What about herds that do not buy in? Dairy farmers generally do not buy in; they rear their own. That is what they have been doing. At the same time, we are being told that they are the ones with a higher prevalence of TB breakdown than beef herds, which are buying in more often. That is caused by badgers and deer spreading the disease.