Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion

Ms Geraldine O'Sullivan:

The eight-toothed one has only been noted since 2018. It is a secondary beetle that lives on dead wood and it is only when it gets to a massive concentration that it has an effect. We have more of an opportunity to manage the eight-toothed beetle from a biosecurity perspective than we do with the European spruce bark beetle.

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