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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...Loss was crystal clear in stating that the State has failed to adequately enforce existing laws and policies to protect biodiversity. Wildlife crimes, such as disturbing bats, illegal hare hunting, badger baiting or the destruction of habitats that provide clean water, clean air and healthy soils, all contribute to the loss of biodiversity. Weak enforcement in this country is sending the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

...monitoring and deterring of illegal fires. This year, for instance, we deployed air cover and drone cover and significant resources on the ground during the orange and red warnings one gets around what is called "wildfire potential". We do not have naturally occurring wildfires but it gets that name. I believe that was a significant deterrent this year, with the eyes in the sky and...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...and in urban areas as well. There is danger to life and limb due to car accidents and cars are being destroyed. The Government will not address that at all because of the do-gooders, all these so-called environmentalists who want to lecture us and tell us we are backward, stupid, dirty or somehow not up to it. We are up to it and the farmers of Ireland are well up to it. The Government...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...by the Research Division of the Department for ‘public good’ research projects. These projects are undertaken by researchers in eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations following Calls for Research Proposals. These calls are competitive and the final report of all funded projects is published on the Department’s website. Research Division currently have 196...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...in the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine put in amendments. We discussed it and worked together. One good part of being up here is that at least in the committees we are not badgering and going at each other. In fairness to the agriculture committee and its Chair, Deputy Cahill, members from all parties and none worked very constructively. Everyone put an effort into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

...Dillon. The key principles of the eradication programme are outlined in our opening statement along with the TB Forum's further strategy measures covering 2023-25. The TB Forum has for some time called for the establishment of a deer management forum and in recent months the deer management strategy group was established by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Macra is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

...in line with what the customer has allowed us to do in terms of contact with them. There is a cut-off point between where communicating with a customer is helpful and where it reaches the point of badgering, for want of a better word, so we have to get that balance right. Awareness will grow and momentum will build as regards the campaigns we are seeing from other banks encouraging...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2022)

Gary Gannon: ...coastal surface hotspots in the north-east Atlantic, five are located off the coast of Cork, Kerry, Clare, Mayo and Donegal. We are truly blessed to have this amazing creature come to our shores every year to call Ireland home. However, basking sharks are endangered and they are at very high risk of extinction in the wild. They were first classified as endangered by the International...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...rights of people who save turf; and — turf is an affordable solid fuel, many people are dependent on solid fuel to warm their homes, and in some counties up to 34 per cent of households are solely dependent on turf as solid fuel; calls on the Government to exempt from the proposed solid fuel regulations: — people who have turbary rights, Q3 agreements, fee simple rights,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022) See 5 other results from this debate

...and our submission is on the record. There are a couple of things I want to highlight on that. The main one, as the committee has heard from everyone before, is the wildlife problem. The badgers are obviously a problem and it is under-resourced. As late as yesterday I was talking to people with TB in their herd in the southern part of the country. They were saying they had no...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine TB is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis (M bovis), with infection endemic in cattle and badgers in Ireland. Birds are not susceptible to infection with this bacteria, and so cannot become carriers. While many mammalian species may become infected with M bovis (including humans), these are generally spillover infections rather than the result of ongoing circulation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (2 Nov 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine TB is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium bovis (M bovis), with infection endemic in cattle and badgers in Ireland. I am acutely aware of the emotional financial burden put on farms as a result of a breakdown and I am committed to tackling the problem. While many mammalian species may become infected with M bovis (including humans), these are generally spillover infections...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Jun 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...talking about fossil fuels, cars and energy savings. They have electric detectives in many schools that take part in the green schools programme. They have little badges and stuff and do monitoring using a thing called an owl to find out what uses the most energy, whether computers, kettles or fridges. The big energy guzzlers were the white boards. The children were great at isolating...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (3 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...herds are at risk of introducing infection into their herd through a number of routes including direct or indirect contacts - such as contiguous contacts, purchasing animals including so called 'trojan animals' – pregnant animal carrying a BVD positive calf. Ireland records a large number of farm to farm movements, approximately 2.8 million moves direct farm to farm and through...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) is a highly infectious disease of cattle caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). As part of the national TB Eradication Programme, there are numerous studies and research projects into the causes of TB in livestock. This work is undertaken to provide scientific information to inform policy decision-making. All TB scientific research assignments...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...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 suspicious. As rabbits are classed as vermin, the obvious reason for not culling, or for not calling...

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

...the facts. I want to be very clear that I am not trying to suggest that the situation is hopeless. Based on all the evidence I have put together and much work by much people, if we are to realistically shift towards eradication, we need to do much more. We must be very focused for all the reasons I outlined. To reply to Deputies Cahill and Kenny on the accuracy of the test, the tests...

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...are one of the few countries where fur farming continues and we know the appalling conditions in which minks are kept and the dangers to the environment when they escape. We know about the cruelty in badger baiting and that of so-called puppy farming establishments. We know about battery hens and now we have battery pups. These are some examples of the wider picture and the shameful way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018) See 1 other result 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)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...While it is wonderful in theory, there are many examples in which it does not work. I need only mention puppy farms, the fox incident about which the Minister knows well as it took place in Cork, badger issues, live hare coursing and fur farming. Hurling, camogie, basketball, rugby and soccer are sports. There is no glossing over the cruelty involved in live hare coursing, which cannot...