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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (1 Jul 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...Control 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 serious damage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...to at the Animal Health and Welfare Conference which took place on 16 May 2014 in Dublin Castle; if he is committed to re-engaging on the outstanding issues of hare coursing, digging out of foxes, badger culling, fur farming and the use of animals in circuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26098/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit (11 Jun 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...was highlighted by National Biodiversity Week; the way the National Parks and Wildlife Service is addressing biodiversity concerns in our national parks such as a potential population decrease in badgers due to badger culling and the return of an invasive form of rhododendrons in national parks as seen in Killarney National Park among other growing biodiversity concerns; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 May 2014)

Simon Coveney: The current badger removal policy was introduced as part of the bovine TB eradication programme in Ireland in 2004 in response to research conducted over the years by the Department and others which demonstrated that the eradication of Bovine TB is not a practicable proposition until the issue of the reservoir of infection in badgers, which is seeding infection into the cattle population, is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (4 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out a badger cull in the Annaghdown/Claregalway/Corrandulla area of Galway as a result of an outbreak of bovine TB in the general area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11004/14]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (11 Feb 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Griffin: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is engaged in the practice of culling badgers; his future plans for control of the badger population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6657/14]

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fishery Management Plan: Discussion with Iascarí Intíre Cois Cladach na hÉireann (25 Jun 2013)

Martin Ferris: ...of what the witnesses are promoting so that the 4,500 people involved in the sector can put food on the table for their families, live in the communities in which they were born and continue in the industry. Culling seals as humanely as possible, which has always been done, is how we protect stocks. Some cowboys do it and give the whole thing a bad name and it has the opposite effect....

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

Mick Wallace: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his policy on TB allows for culled badgers to be stored or disposed of; the information that is gathered from these badgers regarding the disease before killing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29382/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Andrew Doyle: 587. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the allocation of Departmental spend year to date in east Wicklow on badger culling for the purposes of eradicating bovine TB in comparison to the same period in east Wicklow in 2012; and if he will provide comparative data for national spending for this purpose. [24302/13]

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am disappointed on the big issues of blood sports, in particular hare coursing, the cruel practice of digging out foxes, the use of traps in badger culling and fur farms. However, I acknowledge the Minister's patience and the way in which he has co-operated and, with his staff, been available to discuss the issues with Deputy Clare Daly and I. It was a very good exercise and was conducted...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...opportunity to speak to amendment No. 14. We would have liked to have been able to draw attention to the cruelty of the digging-out aspect of wild animals going to ground involving the use of ferrets to the culling of badgers and the use of horrific which leaves them waiting to be shot and their young to starve. We discussed this issue on Committee Stage and I understand the Minister is...

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (26 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: The badger programme is a targeted one. There is a great deal of misunderstanding about how we catch and put down badgers. We try to do it as humanely as possible. The view that we use wire snares is incorrect. We had a long discussion on the programme during the debates on the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 on Second and Committee Stages. I reassure people that we are trying to do...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...or environmental control carried out by legitimate personnel, (g ) the use of Ladder traps and Larsen traps to trap birds and mammals, (h ) the use of ferrets for the hunting of an animal, (i ) badger culling and the use of wire snares to capture badgers, (j ) farming of mink or foxes for their fur, (k ) the use of wild animals in circus performances,". Amendment put.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012) See 4 other results from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...? That is their entitlement. It is a consumer decision but I do not agree that should result in the banning of the industry. That is where I am coming from. We will move to a vaccination programme for badgers as soon as we can. It will be a positive story when it happens. It was stated this would cost the taxpayer €70 million. What is costing the taxpayer is the incidence of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be very useful if we could get a briefing note before the next meeting on the various points in amendment No. 26. The Minister has pointed out that badger culling and the use of wire snares to capture badgers is not legally permissible.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (6 Nov 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...20m or by one third since 2008. Notwithstanding the difficulty in attributing trends to a single factor, my Department believes that much of the improvement in the TB situation, in recent years, is due the badger removal programme which has been in place for some years now. While the badger culling programme would appear to be very successful here, the long-term objective of my...

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

Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy regarding the culling of badgers; the extent of TB outbreak here amongst badgers; the potential impact that this outbreak could have on the national herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/12]

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Simon Coveney: .... There is a series of conflicting views on what constitutes the right balance where activities such as hare coursing are concerned, and I will address this in some detail in a moment. The badger culling programme, which is part of the TB eradication programme, has been hugely successful over the past ten years in terms of the number of reactors in Ireland which has more than halved...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...including any unnecessary suffering whether caused by direct physical abuse, recklessness or negligence. I welcome that. I now refer to where the legislation falls down. My first point deals with badgers. I accept that we are not fully free of bovine TB and that control measures are necessary but such measures could be carried out in a humane way, not through the most barbaric, gruesome...