Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2020
149. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason, when a farmer carries out an annual TB herd test, the results do not make the animals tested eligible for live export for a period of 12 months; the reason the current period is capped at 31 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16378/20]
View answerUnder EU Intra Community Trade Directive, 64/432, cattle being exported for breeding and production must come from officially tuberculosis-free herds and, in the case of all animals over 42 days of age, must at the time of export, have been tested with negative results to the intradermal tuberculin test during the 30 days prior to certification for export.
Failure to meet this EU requirement renders the animals ineligible for export.
