The Minister for Agriculture says Ireland is at a crisis point with bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
Martin Heydon was speaking to Radio Kerry's Sari Houlihan of AgriTime, ahead of a TB summit in Dublin today.
He says the latest bTB incidence rate on 4th May, combined with the cost of bovine TB, shows the country is at crisis point.
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He wants agreement with farming organisations and other stakeholders but says the time for talking is over.
Minister Heydon says his decisions will be guided by science, with or without consensus:
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