Written answers
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Bovine Disease Controls
Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a permit is required to bring cattle to a show whereas cattle which are under test can be brought to a mart without such a permit. [44260/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The position is that it is not necessary for keepers to obtain a permit if they are bringing animals to a livestock mart because the disease status of the animal is verified online at the mart against data held on various Department databases, including the Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) system and the Animal Health Computer System. This check is carried out electronically at the mart premises and, where an animal is found to contravene any of the system validation checks, it cannot be offered for sale and must be returned back to the holding of the keeper who presented the animal at the mart.
With regard to bovines moving to Agricultural Shows, the keeper must obtain a Certificate of Compliance (permit) prior to the movement of the animals to the show. This is necessary in order to ensure that only animals which meet the statutory disease testing requirements for TB, Brucellosis and Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) are presented at a Show.
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