Debate contribution: Bovine Tuberculosis
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Bovine Tuberculosis
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5762221
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The Member has raised the cross-border initiative that we are taking forward. We have taken lessons from other parts of the world where the regionalisation approach has worked well. There has been a significant uptake by farmers of the surveys, as well as the biosecurity advice. We will update the Committee in due course on the progress that has been made, but it is a good initiative. I heard someone chunter from a sedentary position, "Just get on with it". People also have to learn lessons and make sure that we do this right. On the last day of the previous mandate, my predecessor announced a wildlife intervention. Guess what? It was successfully judicially reviewed. It is important for us to do things correctly on these issues.
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