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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (23 Nov 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...forms an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) Bovine TB Eradication Strategy.  Supported by scientific research, the current policy is to vaccinate badgers to prevent disease outbreaks and to cull badgers where necessary in response to outbreaks in areas where epidemiological investigations have demonstrated the link between badgers and TB...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Simon Coveney: That is the case at the moment. We target resources, including for culling badgers. Herds are frozen, effectively, once there is an outbreak. We are trying to isolate problems, deal with them, slaughter the animals, compensate the farmers and deal with the wildlife issue, including badgers, and I know there is a potential issue with wild deer in the Chairman's area. We must take on these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022) See 4 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: All four organisations raised the issue of wildlife. A programme is in place for badgers. Vaccination in that regard is being upped in tempo. They all mentioned deer in particular. Do they have proposals for how the Department should tackle the issue of deer? What can be done? Should there be a severe culling or a vaccination programme, for example? I took from all our guests'...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Deer Cull (10 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: ..., including deer, and are available to discuss these issues with herdowners. However, my Department has no statutory role in the management of wild deer and has no authority to call for a national cull. In relation to the Wicklow study on deer, my Department applied for and was granted a licence by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to shoot deer out of season from an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (23 Sep 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...of deer on private property is the responsibility of landowners who may apply to the Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a permission under section 42 of the Wildlife Acts to cull deer where this is necessary outside the annual open seasons. These permissions offer a facility whereby a person can obtain a permit, on a case by case basis, to prevent...

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Dec 2008)

Mary White: ...Food the cost of bovine tuberculosis eradication per annum since 1997 under the general headings of administration, supplies and equipment and services, veterinary bills, reactor compensations and badger culling. [44597/08]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (8 Jul 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Healy-Rae: 607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the cull of badgers to stop the spread of TB (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29859/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put in place a scheme to cull badgers to stop the spread of tuberculosis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6733/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (13 Mar 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Eugene Murphy: 365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of licences issued by the NPWS to cull badgers in counties Roscommon and Galway in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12454/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (17 Nov 2022)

Marian Harkin: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of badgers that were infected with TB of those that have been culled or vaccinated in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [57042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out a badger cull in the Annaghdown/Claregalway/Corrandulla area of Galway as a result of an outbreak of bovine TB in the general area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11004/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (1 Oct 2019) See 4 other results from this debate

...have suffered this disease for nearly 60 years is given equal respect. They know what is going on. I refer to the wildlife question. In the past, we saw a step change and improvement once the badger issue was addressed. There had been a continuous curve on TB, which stepped down significantly when badgers were dealt with. We are now experiencing a similar problem with wild deer. As...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: ...that these rules and procedures will be examined in the context of Section 25 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 with a view to adapting them as modern Codes of Practice under the Act. Badgers are protected by national legislation and are listed within the Berne Convention. My Department monitors the animal welfare aspects of badger culling on a continuous basis and is satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Andrew Doyle: 587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the allocation of Departmental spend year to date in east Wicklow on badger culling for the purposes of eradicating bovine TB in comparison to the same period in east Wicklow in 2012; and if he will provide comparative data for national spending for this purpose. [24302/13]

Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (29 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: Following peer reviewed research studies that demonstrate that the culling of infected badgers leads to a significant reduction in the incidence of TB in the cattle population, it is now recognized that the pre-eminent constraint to eradication of TB in Ireland is the existence of a significant reservoir of infection in wildlife, notably the badger. The published results of, firstly, the East...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

...problem, but this is very much area specific. Everything that can be done with deer should be done. Public safety should be paramount here. It seems it is coming secondary at the moment. Badgers are most certainly a problem and we cannot take our eye off the ball. In most other areas of the country badgers are very much an issue. The vaccination programme and the management of...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (27 Feb 2007)

Mary Coughlan: My Department implements a wildlife strategy, which includes the targeted removal of badgers, under licence issued by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government where they are implicated in an outbreak of TB. Capturing is undertaken in areas where serious outbreaks of Tuberculosis have been identified in cattle herds and where an epidemiological investigation carried out by...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Diseases (11 Nov 2021)

John Cummins: ...As the Minister of State is aware, in 2020 bovine TB rates rose above 4% for the first time since 2012. While the specific cause of each of TB outbreak varies, it is a well-established fact that badgers play a central role in the spreading of TB to cattle. In order to eradicate TB, we have to address the risk posed by badgers. I know the Department, through the regional veterinary...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Clare Daly: ...animal or the use of canines to extract wild animals that have gone to ground, (c) the digging out of any wild animal gone to ground, (d) the use of ferrets for the hunting of an animal, (e) the culling of badgers, (f) the use of wild animals in circus performances.".

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...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 badger vaccination and culling programmes operated under licence from the National Parks...