Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 22 Jan 1985

Vol. 355 No. 1

Written Answers. - TB Reactors.

577.

Tomás MacGiolla

asked the Minister for Agriculture the number of animals found to be actually infected with TB during the course of the TB eradication scheme in each of the years 1974 to 1984.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Deasy)

The information requested is set out below.

TB Reactors Disclosed

1974	46,656
1975	21,339
1976	24,888
1977	51,268
1978	31,238
1979	21,438
1980	26,581
1981	29,755
1982	26,770
1983	27,691
1984	20,687
	(up to end September)

578.

Tomás MacGiolla

asked the Minister for Agriculture the total number of herds found to be infected with TB during the course of the TB eradication scheme for each year from 1974 to 1984, broken down on a county basis.

Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Deasy)

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Herds in which TB reactors were disclosed during the course of the annual round of testing

	1976 -77	1978 -79	1979 -80	1980 -81	1981 -82	1983 -84
Carlow	238	84	54	44	55	76
Cavan	315	143	97	145	79	279
Clare	944	413	244	243	379	262
Cork	2930	1593	1149	789	996	469
Donegal	410	157	64	76	109	63
Dublin	50	35	18	15	20	10
Galway	944	513	328	380	558	209
Kerry	1101	382	465	259	320	76
Kildare	265	149	76	99	111	77
Kilkenny	726	291	188	130	172	348
Laois	383	135	79	111	164	208
Leitrim	269	96	53	23	38	58
Limerick	648	322	211	197	223	100
Longford	270	195	133	118	113	213
Louth	156	89	49	42	43	10
Mayo	870	297	111	159	275	124
Meath	450	299	179	148	120	81
Monaghan	203	134	149	139	122	155
Offaly	371	199	109	129	172	171
Roscommon	287	220	108	111	210	246
Sligo	246	203	40	43	48	25
Tipperary	866	611	373	252	352	399
Waterford	438	212	111	88	118	75
Westmeath	457	218	175	146	217	180
Wexford	493	194	155	109	116	83
Wicklow	210	114	65	77	74	65

NOTE: Comparable figures for 1974 and 1975 are not available due to a cessation of testing for about 18 months because of withdrawal of their services by private veterinary surgeons.