Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 14 October 2025, the date he began to prepare a tender to procure the services of a firm with specialised knowledge of the poultry industry to compile poultry valuation tables to assist with calculating compensation rates; when he expects to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62579/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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My Department has, since 2017, employed the services of an external consultancy firm with specialised knowledge of the poultry industry to develop valuation tables relating to the most common species and types of poultry in Ireland. These tables are used to determine compensation payable in the case of an outbreak of poultry disease that necessitates a Department mandated cull of a flock.

In line with public procurement rules, this service was tendered for again in May of this year, and a contract signed on 8th September. The first set of valuation tables under this new contract are due to be delivered at the end of November.