Vol. 418 No. 4
222 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will give details of the type of income support available for farmers who experience severe financial hardship due to loss of stock as a result of TB breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Under the TB eradication scheme an income supplement is paid in cases where disease breakdown results in the removal of more than 10 per cent of animals in a herd but where depopulation is not deemed appropriate. Payment is made in respect of each animal removed as a reactor from herds in which there are 100 animals or fewer on the date of restriction. The rate is £25 per month for suckler cows and £15 per month for dairy cows and other animals.
