Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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1985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of confirmed cases of scrapie in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14951/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Scrapie is a compulsorily notifiable disease in Ireland.  Under the Active Surveillance Programme, 21,688 scrapie tests were carried out in 2020, comprising of 9,251 sheep tested at slaughter plants; 12,200 fallen sheep at knackeries, with a further 114 sheep at Local Authority plants; 30 sheep at Regional Veterinary Labs and 93 fallen goats at knackeries.  

There have been 24 confirmed scrapie cases to date since 2016. These cases are broken down by county in the table below.

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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1986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that scrapie is causing issues in the movement of animals between Ireland and Northern Ireland; the actions his Department is taking to address such matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14952/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Northern Ireland Protocol, Northern Ireland is treated as if it were a Member State of the European Union and the same rules continue to apply to scrapie controls as have done for the past number of years.