Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Department of Agriculture and Food
Animal Diseases
9:00 pm
Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the report on the findings regarding the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be published. [33951/08]
Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason milk yield on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny increased by 50% when local industry was closed. [33952/08]
Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the intermittent growth on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with periods of normal growth followed by periods of negative growth. [33953/08]
Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount spent to date on reports to try to establish the reason for low milk yields, stunted growth and ill thrift on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [33954/08]
Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if autopsies have been carried out on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if so, the results they revealed regarding the animals. [33955/08]
Mary White (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there were significant off-farm factors contributing to the health of animals on the farm of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny following the most recent study undertaken in January 2007; and, if so, the cause for same. [33956/08]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 to 448, inclusive, together.
As the Deputy is aware, the farm in question is currently the subject of an investigation being carried out by the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis (CVERA) at UCD. This comprehensive investigation, which is being undertaken to the highest scientific standards, was commissioned by my Department at an estimated cost of up to €0.5 million and is now nearing completion. When completed, the report will be peer reviewed and therefore it would not be appropriate for me to discuss individual aspects of the investigation, or to speculate on its outcome, in advance of the publication of the report.
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