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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Jun 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...Justice and Equality to the petitioner and close the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00024/19 is from Ms Laura Moore. This petitioner would like to see the immediate end to all badger culling and the implementation of a tuberculosis, TB, vaccination programme for badgers. The petition states that a vaccination programme was proposed by the Government in 2018 but has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (4 Apr 2019)

Michael Creed: ...of a detailed scientific investigation being carried out by my officials in collaboration with UCD, focusing on the genetic relationship between strains of bovine TB isolated from cattle, deer and badgers in Co. Wicklow. Previous work carried out by my officials in this area had demonstrated that the same strains were circulating in the three species in the Calary area of Wicklow. A...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: ...investigation being carried out by officials from my Department in collaboration with UCD, focusing on the genetic relationship between strains of bovine TB isolated from cattle, deer and badgers in County Wicklow. Previous work carried out by my officials in this area had demonstrated that the same strains were circulating in the three species in the Calary area of Wicklow. A related...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Creed: From January 2018, the formal badger Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination programme commenced in the areas which formed part of the field trials, i.e. in parts of counties Monaghan, Longford, Galway, Tipperary, Waterford, Kilkenny, Cork and in all of Louth. Badgers in a vaccination area are captured, vaccinated and released instead of being captured and culled. The...

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

...enough to successfully eradicate TB from Ireland by 2030. I am sure members will remember that 2030 is the target year that was set by the Department. Prior to the recent introduction of badger vaccination, it is my view, which is one that is widely shared, that we did not have the tools to eradicate TB. It was very much a control programme that focused on how we could ensure TB...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (15 Jan 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: 842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which a badger cull can be initiated in cases in which there is a high instance of TB outbreak; if it is possible for a group of farmers in a locality to seek for a badger cull to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1505/19]

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

...the lack of further progress. Over time, it became evident that the significant factor stymying any further progress was the wildlife reservoir. It became apparent that the reservoir, namely, the badger population, was the significant factor of which we had not been aware previously. The scientific evidence became stronger that this was the case. To deal with that, a wildlife programme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hare Coursing (6 Dec 2018)

Michael Creed: ...Department through veterinarian attendance and of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, which issues the said licences. The Deputy digressed into a host of other issues, including badgers. She will be aware that my Department is moving to a vaccination programme for badgers rather than one of culling. While culling will continue to be an element of management in certain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (10 Oct 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a badger vaccination programme announced earlier in 2018 has commenced; and his plans to end the culling of badgers which has caused an estimated 120,000 deaths to date. [41516/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (7 Sep 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

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]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 Feb 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the badger tuberculosis vaccination programme; the commencement date and roll-out, by county; the estimated timeframe for same (details supplied); his plans to continue the programme in response to new badger births; if its rollout will see a progressive reduction in badger cull numbers annually; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff (20 Feb 2018)

Josepha Madigan: ..., as required, and many of these officers carry out work in more than one county. They also investigate, for example, reports of breaches of legislation including illegal snaring or ‘digging out’ of badgers, as well monitoring compliance at coursing events etc. With specific regard to the issues of  rhododendron and  deer management raised by the Deputy, my...

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]

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...farmers' incomes. Will the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine grant a pilot scheme to the people of Iveragh in south Kerry to eliminate tuberculosis by way of vaccinating and removing badgers? A total of 40 herds have gone down but it affects only 7% of the herd. The remainder of the animals in south Kerry are fine. We do not want to create a situation whereby people would...

Animal Welfare: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Clare Daly: ...year. That shows how much citizens are engaged in trying to deal with these issues. Only 16 cases were finalised in court and the penalties imposed were ridiculously low. Deputy O'Sullivan dealt with badger culling and so on. I want to deal with badger baiting, which is illegal in this State but which, as we speak here tonight, is happening. It is an absolutely reprehensible, cruel,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preserving Ireland's Natural Heritage: Discussion (5 Jul 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I had to leave the committee meeting briefly because I had to speak in the Dáil. When I was going out the door, I heard Mr. Lumley talking about badgers and saying badgers had TB and he appeared to be worried about that. One does not get milk from badgers. Farmers cannot survive on badgers. Badgers spread TB to other animals. Farmers can be taken before the courts if they are found...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Deer Culls (7 Mar 2017)

Michael Creed: ...same, my officials are of the view that this is highly likely. To investigate this view, the results of an analysis (known as “strain typing”) of samples known taken from deer infected with TB and culled in the Calary area of Co. Wicklow in 2015 are currently awaited.  Previous studies have shown that some strains of TB are common to both species and indeed badgers in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: ...trees and to private gardens by deer and on TB levels in the West Wicklow area. The report proposes an all Wicklow approach to tackling the impact of deer on bovine TB and to the management of a cull. I should explain that, while I am aware of the concerns expressed by farmers in the Wicklow area about the negative impact of deer on the incidence of TB in the area and on pasture and...

Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (30 Nov 2016) See 4 other results from this debate

Clare Daly: ...survey by University College Dublin and indeed members of the Minister's Department describes very clearly instances in which a decline in cattle infection appeared to be directly correlated to badger culling, absolutely, but there were other examples where culling appeared to have little or no effect. In 2011, the Minister's Department found considerable, but not conclusive, evidence of...