Results 161-180 of 218 for speaker:Paraic Brady
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: It takes about six hours to do the test.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: When the badger is caught-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: When the smear is checked that morning and the badger is caught, the Department vet is not there at that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: -----and has to come to the sett. When the vet comes to the sett - I am sure they are not on call 24-7 - the animal has to be tested. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to test the animal. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: Then the animal is either tagged, vaccinated and let out, or slaughtered. That is correct.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: This does not happen. There is a timeframe. The Department has to come from wherever it is to the site. There is a cost to this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: A previous speaker informed the witnesses that we understood from the last meeting we had that there would be a helpline in the Department for any farmer who went down with TB. I will come to Mr. O'Mahony with that question. Will there be a helpline in the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: I did not understand that from what Mr. O'Mahony said earlier, when someone asked about the mental health aspect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: Okay, I am just clarifying that. A helpline will be set up for farmers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: We are already proposing to close off the badger setts. Is that also correct? They will be wired up. Will that proposal be implemented?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: If farmers have an outbreak on their farms, is there a compensation package to fence off the sett?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: On categorisation, can we accept that most outbreaks are in dairy herds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: Okay. In the categorisation, are we proposing that specific marts will be held for cattle with TB? Will people be bringing cattle that have TB to specific marts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: That is not proposed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: Let us be clear on this. If farmers go down with TB-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: -----there will be a separate mart for them to sell their cattle within the co-ops. Is that the categorisation that will be implemented? I am not talking about the ordinary sales.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: It is for restricted sales
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: Just to be clear-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: The Department is there every time a badger is caught. It is out on the sett.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)
Paraic Brady: The vet is informed that a badger has been caught in a sett-----