8 Márta 2021, 13:48
The Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine will meet tomorrow evening when representatives from five organisatons will appear to discuss the eradication of Bovine TB.
The meeting at 6.30pm in Committee Room 2, watch here, will begin in session one with representatives from ICMSA, IFA, ICSA and Macra na Feirme, before a separate engagement from 7.30pm with officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Ahead of the meeting, Chair Jackie Cahill, TD, said: “In 2016 Ireland reached a historical low number of Bovine TB cases. However, it has increased each year since and 2020 saw an acceleration of the disease. The financial cost of the Bovine TB Programme is estimated to be over €97m in 2020 which is a €15m increase since 2015.
“Ireland is the only EU Member State with a continuing significant Bovine TB challenge. This is reflected in the ongoing reductions in EU co-funding support for the Bovine TB Programme, raising further funding challenges for farmers and the Irish State. January’s Bovine TB Eradication Strategy 2021 – 2030 sets out a roadmap with the aim to eradicate Bovine TB in Ireland. With that in mind we are delighted to have five key members of the Bovine TB Stakeholder Forum before us on Tuesday.”
For more information about the work of the Committee on Agriculture and the Marine, see the Committee webpage