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The finance group will work on compensation payments to farmers.\ Donal O Leary
The TB finance group began its work on farmer compensation payments at its first meeting on Thursday, with Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue saying there was positive and constructive discussion.
The group has four terms of reference:
Informed by the independent cost benefit analysis, developing a sustainable funding model for the ongoing financial requirements of the TB programme, in line with National Farmed Animal Health Strategy principles.
In line with the recommendations from the independent review of the On Farm Market Valuation Scheme, proposing initiatives consistent with providing fair valuations of reactor animals in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Minister McConalogue announces stakeholder agreement on new bovine TB eradication strategy
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD has announced broad stakeholder agreement on the new bovine TB eradication strategy. This marks an important step in building on our collective efforts to reduce TB levels to the benefit of Irish farmers.
In welcoming the agreement of all stakeholders to move forward, the Minister McConalogue stated:
“The bovine TB eradication Programme is an example of a shared animal health programme to the benefit of all related stakeholders. Thanks to the efforts of all stakeholders, we now have an agreed road-map to eradication which should see bovine TB levels reduced significantly in coming years. While bovine TB disease is low relative to historical levels, TB herd incidence and reactor numbers have been gradually increasing.