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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: I agree on the non-restricted part but still. One must send it to a certain abattoir and one knows what one is going to get. It will not be market value, and the farmer loses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: And I have been that soldier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: It is a business decision, but from a risk point of view in respect of the Department, having doubtful animals in the system is a risk. Have we looked at the policy element of having such doubtfuls? We are not talking about the financial element, because we can talk about that and argue the point in that regard. There is, though, a risk element to having doubtfuls in a system. In some...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: This calls into question the doubtfuls and whether, realistically, they should be looked at differently now when we consider where we are now with the figures regarding TB. We are looking at having a supplementary budget. If I am right, that is going to be increased by 71%, with another €40 million going into it. It is a huge amount of money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: I agree, but it is a part of a circle.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: I would argue that many of the 70% of dairy herds are closed herds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: There could be an element of a stock cull in that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: It would be logical in the majority of our operations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Regarding the calves, we are looking at the system of 42 days being put in place now. We can argue whether that should be extended, but this is not the point. The point is that there is no outlet for calves if you are locked up tomorrow morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Potentially, I could be told calves could be sent to a unit, but no unit is available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Are they the same kind of risk as the doubtfuls?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Are we short of personnel?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Turning to the high-risk herd proposal, will Dr. Barrett comment on its financial implications?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Before I stop, I compliment the Department's staff. I said this previously. It has great men down there, and women too, actually. Those staff do a fantastic job in trying circumstances. I just wanted to put that point on the record. I call Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: So the incidence rate has increased in County Clare.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: The international element was discussed earlier. Let us say Wales has an issue. What is the wildlife implication in that part of the world?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Is TB prevalent in badgers or deer there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Regarding the New Zealand study and New Zealand’s potential as a place to look at in terms of how it put in place a programme that worked, can Dr. Barrett elaborate on what they did with regard to the wildlife in that part of the world? He stated there was no-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Are the majority of those animals from closed herds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: If we were to look at a model is that the one that would be most closely aligned to us? Ireland is damp and humid. If there is going to be TB, Ireland is the most likely location in the world to have it. It can spread because the prevailing temperature is not cold or too hot and we have a moist climate. It ticks every box when it comes to the spread of TB.