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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (26 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: While wildlife are an important element in the complex epidemiology of bovine TB transmission and badgers are the primary wildlife focus in the bovine TB eradication programme. Research carried out on TB in deer in Ireland had found that in certain areas where there are high densities of deer, cattle and badgers living alongside each other, the same strains of TB can circulate between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022) See 8 other results from this debate

...from the spread of bovine tuberculosis. It is worth noting also the role wildlife has to play and the further research and development that is needed, in respect of both the interaction of the badger population and improved knowledge and research of the relationship deer have to play in the transmission of the disease at farm level. Over recent years, the roll-out of the vaccination...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Steven Matthews: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of research carried out by his Department in the past five years in the west County Wicklow area regarding the potential benefits of vaccinating badgers as opposed to culling them to prevent the spread of tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/22]

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...

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...

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 (12 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Shanahan: 659. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the veterinary resources that are made available by his Department to the managing of the TB eradication scheme which manages badger monitoring, vaccination and culling operations to inhibit the spread of the disease; if these are resourced personnel Department employees or in the service outsourced; the level of badger culling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (16 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Paul Murphy: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of culled badgers that are tested for TB; the number of badger post-mortems for TB that have been carried out by county in each of the past ten years; and the number of badgers that tested positive and negative, respectively for TB. [44279/21]

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: Animal Culls (27 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Steven Matthews: 3380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the total amount spent on badger culling by his Department in the past ten years in County Wicklow; the number of badgers that have been culled each year in the same time period in the county; and the research that has been carried out to research the impact of culling on the prevalence of tuberculosis....

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (9 Mar 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

...eradicate tuberculosis by 2030. If so, why not front-load the finance now and target this so that we will not need it in 2028, 2029 and 2030? The Department is doing a reasonably good job with badgers but I am hearing it needs more staff with better knowledge to track and trace the badgers and to cull or vaccinate them in certain bad areas. There is another problem with wildlife. Our...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...Spatial and network characteristics of Irish cattle movements. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 183, 105095, doi 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105095 Martin, S.W., et al., 2020. Is moving from targeted culling to BCG-vaccination of badgers (Meles meles) associated with an unacceptable increased incidence of cattle herd tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland? A practical non-inferiority...

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

Kathleen Funchion: 938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when badger culling will be ended; and if he will publish the scientific and veterinary advice regarding same. [5384/21]

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Pauline O'Reilly: ...a doubling of funding for animal welfare organisations within two years. That has never happened before in a programme for Government. There will also be the phasing out of fur farming, the ending of badger culling and many other measures, including the enforcement of laws, as referred to by Senator Hoey. The laws are there but they are not actually enforced. This is what we need to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (24 Sep 2020)

Carol Nolan: ...financial burden for the eradication of TB even though we know that the real area of difficulty in terms of the source of the disease is within the wildlife population, specifically the badger population. I am aware that there are EU provisions such as the habitats directive which protect badgers and other wildlife, but there are derogations to the provisions on species protections which...

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

Matt Carthy: 943. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers that have been vaccinated and culled, respectively, in each year since 2010 and to date in 2020; his views on whether the measures have been effective in tackling tuberculosis; if vaccination or culling is more effective in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (27 May 2020)

Michael Creed: In February 2018, I announced that vaccination of badgers against tuberculosis (TB) had commenced as an integral part of the bovine TB eradication programme. Vaccination would commence in areas where successful field trials had already taken place with a view to gradually rolling it out to other parts of the country over time. As I stated then, my view is that this marks a major step...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Diseases (1 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...arrive and leave? What is going on here? There are too many questions. Is it being suggested that this disease is confined to national parks? Most importantly, why is the NPWS not asking for a cull - by gassing - of all rabbits within a five-mile radius of the affected areas, as was done with badgers during the bovine TB epidemic? What is going on in the Department? Many people are...

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

.... The ICSA is supportive of the elements of the interim report that were agreed, including the provision of biosecurity advice, breakdown communications, black spot action plans, and the importance of the badger programme. However, the association believes that the outstanding issues are critical for farmers. The first outstanding issue relates to wildlife. While the introduction of...