Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Eradication of TB: Discussion

Mr. Teddy Cashman:

It is €2 per kilo. An average-sized deer might weigh 55 kg or 60 kg for a big one. The smaller ones then become uneconomical, so this is where the supports need to come in, at the lower end. There is not a lot of money involved really. Some very good deerstalkers could shoot quite a number of animals over the season and some might only shoot five or six.