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- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (14 May 2015)
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 (14 May 2015)
Simon Coveney: In my earlier response to Deputy O’Sullivan, I outlined the underlying reason for introducing the badger removal programme, which was in response to research, which showed that badger removal had a significant beneficial impact on the risk of future breakdowns, with areas where badgers were not removed being some 14 times at greater risk than badger removal areas. Capturing of...