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
Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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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?