Mr. Martin Blake:

We have not vaccinated deer. We are aware from research that in the Wicklow area, in particular, the sharing of the bacterium between badgers, deer and cattle is very common. We have not seen the same correlation in other parts of the country where we have done the research. The deer are wild. It is one thing capturing badgers but capturing deer to vaccinate them would be challenging. It is in our thinking in the context of something we might like to do.