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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine TB Eradication Programme: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2016)

...one. That takes time. The valuers are independent while they are on a panel which is approved by the Department. In response to the question about wildlife, we detected our first infected badger in the 1970s and it took quite a long time before people accepted that they might be part of the problem. Then there was the question of what to do about them. We did various projects and in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (27 Oct 2016) See 1 other result from this answer

Clare Daly: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the effectiveness of the badger culling strategy incorporated into the national TB eradication programme in reducing the incidence of bovine TB; his further views on plans by his Department to initiate a badger vaccination programme as an alternative to culling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32196/16]

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: TB Eradication Scheme (30 Jun 2016)

Michael Creed: My Department’s view is that insofar as TB is concerned the primary underlying problem in localised areas where TB levels are high is driven primarily by badgers and not by deer. International research has shown that deer as a species are not particularly effective as maintenance hosts for TB except when numbers are high. An exercise conducted in 2007-2008 in an area with known TB...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: .... A topic in which I take a personal interest is animal welfare and I acknowledge the work of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, in this regard. However, there is another disconnect here in that although he funds animal welfare organisations that work with animals, which is great, we continue to allow cases and so-called pastimes in which cruelty to animals is involved and I am referring to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (7 Jul 2015)

Seán Fleming: ...in the Calary area of County Wicklow by his Department; that this area had for some time the highest levels of tuberculosis in cattle nationally; that the level of tuberculosis in the local badger population was 26%, as against a national average of 16%; that, accordingly, it would have been expected that other wildlife species, such as wild deer, would have become infected; that over the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (30 Jun 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine notwithstanding the lack of scientific evidence linking badgers to the spread of tuberculosis to cattle, if he will initiate a programme of vaccinating badgers, carried out by his Department's staff and-or volunteers, to replace the cruel badger cull which is destroying badger populations, in view of a recent analysis (details...

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: TB Eradication Scheme (9 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...15.5% cultured positive overall.  A previous survey in this region in 2008 found a lower visible lesion rate but the culturing methodology used was different. The exercise also involved the culling and examination of badgers from the same area.  26% of the badgers were cultured positive for TB.  Strain typing to show linkages between the TB in deer, badgers and cattle in...

Other Questions: Bovine Disease Controls (14 May 2015) See 6 other results from this debate

Maureen O'Sullivan: There must be other reasons for the reduction in the levels of bovine TB. This cull of badgers has been called slaughter masquerading as science.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (14 May 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Clare Daly: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the continued culling of badgers, and the impact on the badger population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (31 Mar 2015)

Simon Coveney: My Department's TB eradication programme incorporates a wildlife strategy because tuberculosis is present both in cattle and in badgers. Research conducted over the years by the Department and others has demonstrated that the eradication of bovine TB disease is not a practicable proposition until the issue of the reservoir of infection in badgers, which is seeding infection into the cattle...

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...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is pursuing a badger cull when guarantees have been given about rolling out a vaccination programme for badgers infected with TB; the reason his Department is tendering for the provision of 25,000 units of biological material, which are essentially body bags for badgers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (23 Sep 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Clare Daly: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his previous statements that his Department does not use snares in the culling of badgers and his plans with reports that show this practise is taking place. [35157/14]

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...

Topical Issue Matters (17 Jul 2014)

Seán Barrett: ...in - the wrong done to the women victims of symphysiotomy, the need for full acknowledgement and an apology and the right of the survivors to be heard and appropriately compensated; (4) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - to discuss badger culling in light of Russia banning Irish beef due to suspected bovine tuberculosis; (5) Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl - the diplomatic initiatives 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...

Topical Issue Matters (16 Jul 2014)

Michael Kitt: ...between Bord Bia, farmers and processors regarding the operation of the beef assurance scheme which could undermine the country's marketing strategy for Ireland's multi-million euro beef exports; (11) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - to discuss badger culling in light of Russia banning Irish beef due to suspected bovine TB; (12) Deputy Joan Collins - to raise the fact that on 11 July the...

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]