Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Disease Eradication Programmes: Discussion with Animal Health Ireland

4:00 pm

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Does the group keep a watching brief on potential diseases that could threaten biosecurity and have an impact on the national herd? With the projected increase in the bovine population, both suckler and dairy, under Food Harvest 2020, is there a need for extra focus on diseases like Johne's and IBR against that background?

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