Written answers
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Department of Agriculture and Food
Animal Diseases
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 42: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce a national vaccination programme for bovine viral diarrhoea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16917/10]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans to introduce a national vaccination programme for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD). In January 2009 I launched Animal Health Ireland (AHI), which operates, independently of my Department. One of the main aims of AHI is to identify and prioritise non regulated disease conditions such as BVD. AHI is a company limited by guarantee with its own Board of Directors and Chief Executive. It is part financed by my Department and by industry and is responsible for the distribution of information to stakeholders in relation to its programme of activities and has already begun to address the problem of BVD on Irish farms. Information on BVD is available on the Animal Health Ireland website at the following link http://www.agriculture.gov.ie.
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