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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (12 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: Resources are applied to the Wildlife Programme in two ways; Technical agricultural officers oversee the surveying for badger setts in terms of finding those setts and determining the level of activity at those sites. They also oversee the capturing of badgers by contract staff for both badger culling and vaccination. Veterinary Inspectors anaesthetise and vaccinate badgers in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland's TB eradication programme is informed by peer-reviewed scientific research. There is a proven link between TB infection in badgers and bovine TB. Badger culling has been demonstrated to be highly effective in reducing the burden of bovine TB on Irish family farms for over 20 years. However, DAFM is currently committed to reducing badger culling in favour of badger vaccination which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (20 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when the results from several badger vaccination trials will be released; if he will cease badger culling in the meantime in view of the fact that €3.4 million was spent on culling 6,939 badgers in 2012 and only 55 less cattle were diagnosed with Bovine TB in comparison to 2011, and in view of the fact...

Tuberculosis Incidence (9 Feb 2012) See 4 other results from this debate

Simon Coveney: There are no accurate statistics available on the current badger population in Ireland. However, based on the results of the four-area project, the best estimate available to my Department is that there are approximately 80,000 to 90,000 badgers in the country. There is considerable peer-reviewed research showing that the removal of badgers results in a reduction in the incidence of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (3 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government (PfG) contains a commitment to extend the badger vaccination programme nationwide and to end badger culling as soon as possible, consistent with the best scientific and veterinary advice.  Badger culling has been demonstrated to be highly effective in reducing the burden of bovine TB on Irish family farms for over 20 years.  However, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (23 May 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: Under the TB Eradication Programme badger vaccination is being substituted for continued culling of badgers such that a significant reduction in the numbers of badgers culled can be achieved over the coming years while still maintaining effective control of the risk posed to other species. The intention is to gradually reduce badger culling per annum in tandem with the badger vaccination...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018) See 5 other results from this debate

...or so. We have a comprehensive programme in place to deal with it and are confident the graph will go down again next year. Deputy Cahill asked why we do not move to the blanket vaccination of badgers. That is our plan. In recent years, we have been culling approximately 6,000 badgers and vaccinating approximately 1,000 every year. We will roll out vaccination gradually over the next...

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014) See 6 other results from this debate

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is a most unfortunate answer because in the context of a badger cull we are talking about a most inhumane, cruel and barbaric way of dealing with bovine TB, when first, it has not been fully proven that the badger is totally responsible for the disease, and there are doubts over some of the experiments that initially proved that was the case. Second, a reduction in TB in cattle can also...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: The total spent on badger culling by his Department 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) (Enniscorthy RVO covers East Wicklow and Naas RVO covers West Wicklow). It involves the use of civilian operatives, equipment and supplies...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (11 Jan 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: My Department is aware of the conclusions of the Krebs Report, which did acknowledge that badgers are a significant source of tuberculosis infection in cattle. With regard to its conclusion that healthy badgers are also removed under a culling programme, this is unavoidable in a situation where there is no reliable test on live badgers for detecting TB infected badgers and thus culling...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (1 Mar 2012) See 2 other results from this answer

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together. The position with regard to the vaccination trials is that the intention of my Department is to replace badger culling with vaccination when research demonstrates that this is a practicable proposition. With this in mind, my Department has been funding research in UCD and collaborating with DEFRA in the UK on research into a vaccine to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (17 Jul 2014) See 2 other results from this answer

Catherine Murphy: 557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has studied the recent paper published in a journal (details supplied) which indicates that culling badgers has little impact on reducing the spread of TB; if he has taken note of the failure of the trail badger cull in the UK and if, in view of this, if he will reconsider seeking contractors for a badger cull this year; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (25 Sep 2012) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: Research carried out in Ireland indicates that, up to 2008, using a detailed post mortem and histological examination, 35-50% of badgers in high cattle TB prevalence areas were infected with TB compared with an infection rate of 14.9% in areas of low cattle TB prevalence areas thereby substantiating the link between the presence of TB in cattle and in badgers. However, more recent research...

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (6 Dec 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: The badger culling strategy implemented by my Department is underpinned by research studies that demonstrate that the culling of infected badger leads to a significant reduction in the incidence of TB in cattle. My Department is satisfied that this strategy has contributed to a reduction in the incidence of TB over the past number of years and, accordingly, to a significant reduction in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (11 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: There are a number of factors which can contribute to an outbreak of bovine TB. There is irrefutable evidence that links badgers to the spread of bovine TB through badger to cattle transmission. Many other juristictions cull badgers in order to control the spread of TB from badgers to cattle. DAFM, however, acknowledged that this is not a sustainable long term solution to the problem....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (30 Jul 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Dara Calleary: Extensive research funded by DAFM since the 1980s concluded that badgers posed a significant disease transmission route for bovine TB (bTB). Therefore, it was critical to address this risk as part of the eradication programme. Commencing in 2002, systems were put in place whereby serious breakdowns of bTB were investigated by a state veterinarian. If evidence was established of infection...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (7 Jul 2016)

Michael Creed: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine fully complies with the terms and conditions of licences issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to remove badgers in the context of its Bovine TB eradication programme. My officials work very closely with those of the NPWS in implementing this policy and are in constant contact on the badger capturing programme, including at local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (25 Apr 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department does not use snares to capture badgers. Our operatives use stopped body restraints under licence from the National Parks and Wildlife service. No badgers were found dead in stopped body restraints and all badgers in the attached spreadsheet were dispatched in accordance with the terms of our licence from the National Parks and Wildlife service. Badger vaccination is now an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (19 Jun 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: The Bovine Tuberculosis eradication programme implemented by my Department contains a comprehensive wildlife strategy in order to limit the spread of TB from badgers to cattle. Under this strategy, capturing is undertaken only in areas where an epidemiological investigation carried out by the Department’s Veterinary Inspectorate has found that badgers are the likely source of infection...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (11 Mar 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary White: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in regard to the east Offaly badger research project 1988 to 1995, she will provide the number of badgers culled, the number of tuberculosis infected badgers culled, the herd numbers involved, the number of reactor cattle involved and the special veterinary measures, such as restrictions on cattle movements, taken...