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- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I understand that the Question relates to bovine TB. In accordance with the requirements of EU Directive 64/432/EEC, all eligible bovines that are exported to other member states are subject to a 30-day pre-movement TB test. For trade within Ireland, the current legal requirement is that an eligible animals may not leave a holding, including for slaughter, unless they have been tested within...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: The information sought by the Deputy is not maintained centrally and it would place excessive demands on scarce staff resources in the Department to compile these data.
- Written Answers — Cattle Identification Scheme: Cattle Identification Scheme (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovines and national legislation, it is obligatory to tag cattle. In addition each keeper of bovine animals is required to register a calf on the national Cattle Movement Monitoring System (CMMS) database within 27 days of birth. While there is no requirement for the...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the programme cost of the TB eradication scheme, excluding administration costs and travel and subsistence costs, is set out in the following table: 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m â¬m Supplies/Services 2.33 2.99 2.94 2.80 2.66 3.60 5.20 5.07 6.60 6.49 6.92...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: The level of disease in a region is best measured on the basis of the number of reactors, the herd incidence and the numbers of reactors per thousand animals tested (APT). The table sets out this information in relation to Ireland and Northern Ireland for the period 1997 to 2007. Year No. of Reactors Herd Incidence APT Ireland N. Ireland Ireland N. Ireland Ireland N. Ireland 1997 28,647...
- Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: The Forum, which was established in 1996, was a consultative body consisting of the major stakeholders in the animal health area and did not produce any report. The main function of the Forum was to achieve a consensus on the policy framework for the Department's approach to animal diseases and all of the major policy changes which were introduced into the TB and Brucellosis eradication...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 15th May 2008. This application was selected for a cross compliance and satellite eligibility inspection. The cross compliance inspection was carried out on 10th October 2008 and the results have been processed. However the satellite inspection raised a number of issues...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: My Department has no record of having received a complete application under the Farm Waste Management Scheme from the person concerned.
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I am glad to have the opportunity to make a comprehensive statement relating to the circumstances that led to the weekend's recall of all Irish pork and bacon products and the developments since then. The focus of my statement will primarily be on the role of my Department, while my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Mary Wallace,...
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I compliment Members on their positive and constructive contributions to the debate on this important issue. I assure Deputy Creed that no member state contacted the Department or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland before Friday of last week. We issued a statement on Thursday night to indicate we had restricted farms where non-dioxin marker PCB levels had been found. It was subsequent to...
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I am keen to be fair to the two spokespersons.
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: We issued a trade notice on Sunday night. We stated publicly that those involved in the trade could start moving produce from slaughter houses and start processing, as long as they met the requirements of our veterinary services and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, one of which was the need to verify that the pigs they were about to slaughter, or had slaughtered, did not have any...
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: No. Such businesses do not receive notification.
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: No. The facility was due to be inspected in late November or early December of this year. It is important to make sure that the House is clear on this, as there may have been some misinformation in the public domain in this regard. In accordance with EU legislation, the Department's national feed inspection programme is part of the overall integrated annual control plan for this country....
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: We do. That takes place in the Backweston laboratory.
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: It was our sampling of a pork product that identified the source as the feed. That shows that the systemââ
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: We have to be accurate in this regard.
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I want to give clarification on the last point. The information that was put in the public domain originated from the analysis, work, research and testing carried out by our authority. On Saturday the rapid alert system kicked in and all member states were alerted. However, all member states received the contents of our statement of Thursday evening. Subsequently â sometime on Friday...
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I was not aware of any statement on the beef issue. We only got the results back from the FSAI just before lunchtime and we put them in the public domain right away. I believe it was very important to reassure our consumers and the people involved in the beef industry. The very strong confirmation from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland of no risk to public health from beef was very...
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Brendan Smith: I agree with the Deputy on her last point. On Sunday Bord Bia started to work on a new labelling system to allow people see that it was Irish pork post the recall â if one wants to call it that â on 7 December. As I said earlier to the Deputy's colleagues, we immediately put in place a trader notice on Sunday indicating that people could resume processing and moving product, obviously...