Motion or amendment: Bovine Tuberculosis - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Miss Michelle McIlveen on .
- MLA
- Miss Michelle McIlveen
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 23 April 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Bovine Tuberculosis”
- Heading
- Bovine Tuberculosis - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 481316
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Bovine Tuberculosis - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘previous years;’ and insert:
‘further notes that three bTB cases were reported in Northern Ireland in 2024; acknowledges the implications of bTB for public health, farmers mental health and wellbeing, and animal welfare; further acknowledges that the financial cost of bTB is substantial, with estimates exceeding £60 million per year, placing pressure on the agricultural sector and public finances; notes the Andersons Centre’s March 2026 assessment that farmers bear the largest share of the full economic cost of bTB; further notes the potential wider economic impacts on agri-food supply chains, rural employment, local livestock marts, domestic food security, and the competitiveness of agri-food exports; acknowledges the publication of the TB Partnership Group’s Blueprint to Eradicate bTB; welcomes the allocation of additional funding to tackle bTB through the Shared Island Initiative launched last year, while also recognising the concerns raised by the Ulster Farmers’ Union that the pilot area is not representative of the Northern Ireland bTB picture as a whole; and calls on the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to take immediate action to eradicate bTB, including the implementation of wildlife intervention, without further delay.’
196 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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