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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Jackie Cahill: ...very significantly. I welcome the deer forum the Minister set up. Representatives from it are coming in to us in two or three weeks' time and we will see where progress is at regarding a deer cull. From what we are hearing on the grapevine the level of TB in deer is very significant. We do not have any hope of controlling TB in the domestic herd when it is so prevalent in wildlife....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Jackie Cahill: ...the five organisations had to say. It was good to hear that people have confidence in the forum with regard to the contribution wildlife is making to the spread of TB. I remember when the initial badger experiment was done in Offaly. There was considerable resistance in getting that experiment going at the time. TB was reduced to approximately 20% to 25% nationwide when there was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

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'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (1 Oct 2019)

Jackie Cahill: ...a given day. The categorisation of animals bears similarity to the beef grid. It is a way of reducing the payments made for animals. The live valuation system for reactors must be independent. Badger vaccination has been mentioned. Approximately 20 years ago there was a pilot project was in County Offaly and the results were remarkable. The incidence of TB was greatly reduced....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Jackie Cahill: ...with TB. Some farmers in west Wicklow have stopped keeping cattle altogether because they are failing to eradicate TB, the root cause of which is deer. Experts say the deer are infected by badgers and, therefore, they are not the source of the infection. Nonetheless, deer often carry TB. The deer population is increasing dramatically in line with the increase in forestry. In my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, nationally and by county in tabular form; the number tested for TB; the percentage that tested positive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36034/18]