Mr. Pat McCormack:

Without a doubt. It is 20 years since I saw a deer down the road from us and I told one man about it. I would say he has been laughing at me for 20 years about it but he collected his daughter in town one night a few weeks ago and he saw a deer crossing the road as well, and we are as far inland as you can get. They are everywhere but, thankfully, I was proven not to be insane because I did see that deer. It is a challenge and to fence them in would be critical.

The Deputy mentioned the vaccination of cattle as regards Covid and so on. We have a huge issue in this country in that we export 90% of our product. That delivers to rural Ireland and there is a huge issue with vaccinating for TB and exporting produce, including dairy and beef produce. It is critical to our ability to access markets.