MEP for Ireland South and leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Seán Kelly, has called for a comprehensive review of Ireland’s approach to controlling bovine tuberculosis (TB).
The Ireland South MEP argued that current strategies have failed to deliver results for farmers and communities.
“TB testing has been ongoing for decades in Ireland, yet we see little progress in eradicating this disease,” Kelly said.
“It’s time we ask ourselves if this endless cycle of testing and culling is truly the best we can do. If we took this same approach to Covid-19—testing and isolating endlessly with no strategy for resolution—it would have been unacceptable. But that’s essentially what’s happening here with TB.”
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