Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The term "zoonosis", whereby a disease passes from an animal to the human species, lingers in my mind from leaving certificate biology. This has happened with Covid, SARS and many other potent diseases. Many studies speak of reverse zoonosis with regard to Covid. Two dogs in Wuhan tested positive for Covid about eight months ago but this fact seems to have been entirely missed in the Irish discourse. We are now getting quite close to Hallowe'en, when Irish livestock is typically housed inside over the winter. During that time, animals all become more susceptible to disease. We were very good for chasing up foot and mouth disease. Are there shortcomings regarding any potential reverse zoonosis? We have had livestock outdoors-----