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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...part in the Second Stage debate of my colleague Deputy Whitmore's Wildlife Bill 2021, a day before National Biodiversity Week commences. She could not be here today due to a family bereavement. All our thoughts are with her on the loss of her sister, Lilian. I am standing in for her today and, in doing so, I acknowledge the work of her parliamentary assistant, Councillor Jodie Neary, in...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...rights of people who save turf; and — turf is an affordable solid fuel, many people are dependent on solid fuel to warm their homes, and in some counties up to 34 per cent of households are solely dependent on turf as solid fuel; calls on the Government to exempt from the proposed solid fuel regulations: — people who have turbary rights, Q3 agreements, fee simple rights,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022) See 13 other results from this debate

...viewpoints in developing any policies that will ultimately affect the eradication of the programme must be at the core of what is determined to be a success as we move forward. Farmers have continually engaged in biosecurity measures to improve, enhance and reduce their risk from the spread of bovine tuberculosis. It is worth noting also the role wildlife has to play and the further...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the country. We are starting to see positive trends in this space with the work of the TB Forum and its working groups implementing the new TB Strategy which I launched in 2020. Vaccination of badgers has not yet been incorporated into the eradication programme in West Wicklow as the disease situation in the area is not yet suitable for vaccine use. The results of the field research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Ms Oonagh Duggan: I am afraid I am not a bee expert. I would not be able to answer that. Wildlife all co-exist. I can imagine there might have been badgers around.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (Revised) (2 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister. Before opening the discussion to members, I will ask one or two questions. While I welcome the significant funding for TAMS, as we all know, building costs have increased beyond all recognition in the past six months. The €80,000 ceiling in place for farmer investment in TAMS has become inadequate. Will the Minister review that ceiling? Any construction work...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 Dec 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...outlined that the research on the role of wildlife in bovine TB has recently been reviewed for the Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum by its Scientific Working Group which is composed of a panel of internationally recognised experts in TB research. The Scientific Working Group concluded that: - Badgers do contribute to bTB in cattle in Ireland, which is addressed through my Department’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I have made no allegations. I am asking questions, and if Ms Hynes chooses not to answer anything, I have no intention of badgering her because, on a personal level, I have good regard for her but we are talking professionally. In 2011 and 2012, Ms Hynes led a campaign to separate Shannon from the DAA promising a bright future for Shannon if it could compete effectively with Dublin. It...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...in cattle previously exposed to bTB, but not identified at that point as being infected, spread across farm boundaries, indirect spread through biosecurity breaches, and spread from infected badgers into cattle. This research has recently been reviewed in its entirety for the Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum by its Scientific Working Group which is composed of a panel of internationally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (14 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department is committed to ensuring that a skilled and motivated workforce is in place to meet its priority business needs and utilises workforce planning to identify and address these needs for all our locations. My Department’s office in Naas, Co. Kildare currently has a total of 47 staff assigned to it. This compares to 44 last year. The Department is increasing resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (12 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: ...ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of whole-time equivalent persons assigned to wildlife management within the district veterinary office in Waterford tasked to manage all aspects of the TB eradication scheme, in particular the management of wild badger numbers; the changes plus or minus within that recruitment resource number over the past five years; his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 Jul 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The total spent on badger vaccination in the past ten years in County Wicklow: The information requested is not readily available. DAFM’s Wildlife Programme is delivered by 16 Regional Veterinary offices throughout the country (RVOs). It involves the use of civilian operatives, equipment and supplies (e.g. restraints, anaesthetic, vaccination (BCG)) which are provided to DAFM under...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...about fossil fuels, cars and energy savings. They have electric detectives in many schools that take part in the green schools programme. They have little badges and stuff and do monitoring using a thing called an owl to find out what uses the most energy, whether computers, kettles or fridges. The big energy guzzlers were the white boards. The children were great at isolating the...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: Regarding the designation of lands over the years, the easiest way to put it is that designation equalled compensation. By that, I mean that if a farmer was to find that his or her land was being designated for anything, compensation should follow. The one thing I am most worried about in all of this is that what seems to be happening is that the farmer's rights to farm his or her land are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (6 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: It is a requirement of the annual bovine TB Eradication programme that a farmer carry out an Annual TB herd test in conjunction with their private veterinary practitioner (PVP). Depending on the overall result of a farmer's annual herd test, the overall result of neighbouring farmers' annual herd test along with possible other causes of TB within an area, further TB testing may be required....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: In 2018, a policy of vaccination of badgers against tuberculosis (TB) was added as an integral part of the bovine TB eradication programme following successful field trials carried out in Ireland. Given the technical expertise and logistics involved, it took several months to scale up the badger vaccination programme. From a rate of approximately 1,000 badger vaccinations per year during the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (9 Mar 2021) See 11 other results from this debate

...are 100 cows, tuberculosis might pass by, but if there are 500 cows in a herd, it adds to the problem. That is the starting point of what is happening. There needs to be something to keep the small farmer, both small dairy farmers and small beef farmers, viable rather than being pushed into larger herds. The ICMSA fundamentally agrees with the new strategy. There are a few things we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (3 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Deputy should be aware that I am committed to achieving a BVD-free herd. In 2021 to date, 119 tests have given positive results for BVD - these come from 65 herds. It does not follow, however, that all these animals are PI animals and as we are now advancing towards final eradication, all such herds are subject to follow up investigation and supports to ensure any suspicion of disease is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...from the person named was received in September, 2020 and the site was inspected in December. Following that inspection, the person named was requested to resubmit the harvest plan, showing all relevant water courses and a significant badger sett located in the south eastern section of the site. The final assessment of the application cannot be made without this amended harvest plan.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) is a highly infectious disease of cattle caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). As part of the national TB Eradication Programme, there are numerous studies and research projects into the causes of TB in livestock. This work is undertaken to provide scientific information to inform policy decision-making. All TB scientific research assignments...