"This is a really significant issue in my part of the world. In the past six months, the tuberculosis reactor rate has increased by 22%. The current levels of tuberculosis in Cork's bovine herds have gone through the roof. This is causing terrible stress and hardship for the families."
"As I was walking to the Chamber, I received a phone call from a neighbour who had a TB test done on his farm today. He lost ten cows. I met another man in Timoleague who had 52 reactors found during the week. The numbers are frightening…"
"We will see the levels of TB increase dramatically next spring, which will have a huge financial impact on family farms and the co-operative societies. It will cause unbelievable mental trauma for farmers to have their stock taken away to be slaughtered."
"Lombard reiterated that the TB eradication programme, which started in the mid-1950s, has been a failure and said increased funding has not addressed the issue. We will never eradicate TB from Ireland..."
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