Written answers

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Pesticide Products

9:00 pm

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will lift the ban on a chemical (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/11]

Photo of Jimmy DeenihanJimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that responsibility relating to the implementation of the regulatory system for pesticides and for approving the uses of individual pesticide products rests with the Pesticide Control Service of the Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food. It is my Department's understanding that the chemical referred to by the Deputy is notified for use as a rodenticide only, therefore making its use as an avicide illegal.

The Deputy may wish to note that as a result of a number of incidents over the years involving reintroduced birds of prey, such as golden eagles and the white tailed eagle, which have died as a result of eating poisoned meat-based bait, my Department published the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Restriction on Use of Poison Bait) Regulations 2010 (S. I. No. 481 of 2010) last year, which made it an offence for a person to use any type of meat, fish, egg or other animal substance as bait to poison or stupefy birds or animals, or in a manner likely to poison or stupefy, except under licence by my Department.

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