Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Apr 1999

Vol. 503 No. 6

Written Answers. - Bovine Diseases.

Michael Moynihan

Question:

111 Mr. M. Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of animals infected with tuberculosis and brucellosis in each county for each month of each of the years from 1996 to 1998; the number of reactors detected; the number of herds affected; and the number of herds depopulated in each of these years. [10701/99]

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. Walsh)

The relevant statistics are not readily available on a monthly basis.

The following is the end of year position in relation to herd restrictions and the numbers of reactors and depopulations for the relevant years.

TB

	1996	ReactorHerds	Reactors	1997	ReactorHerds	Reactors	1998	ReactorHerds	Reactors
Carlow	53	454	42	304	88	582
Cavan	239	1,561	228	1,726	392	3,422
Clare	183	1,388	137	1,185	249	2,642
	1996	ReactorHerds	Reactors	1997	ReactorHerds	Reactors	1998	ReactorHerds	Reactors
Cork North	351	2,947	314	2,881	361	3,449
Cork South	382	2,880	304	2,471	310	3,187
Donegal	52	371	77	253	113	565
Dublin-Wicklow East	138	928	109	716	91	817
Galway	202	966	173	980	239	1,475
Kerry	175	1,633	218	1,905	376	3,394
Kildare-Wicklow West	124	752	88	591	159	1,053
Kilkenny	149	1,589	157	1,578	166	1,699
Laois	69	815	63	419	88	418
Leitrim	31	177	56	370	115	782
Limerick	245	1,614	233	1,275	260	2,121
Longford	72	383	70	692	96	735
Louth	120	624	148	892	163	965
Mayo	76	620	114	577	121	825
Meath	297	2,078	336	1,885	398	2,861
Monaghan	280	2,629	256	1,999	414	3,625
Offaly	82	563	46	299	70	451
Roscommon	135	729	173	823	235	1,245
Sligo	65	307	127	620	177	1,286
Tipperary South	143	943	151	1,232	177	1,591
Tipperary North	126	879	160	681	214	1,330
Waterford	98	782	90	698	126	1,266
Westmeath	104	794	107	696	145	1,626
Wexford	166	994	134	899	170	1,086

Figures for depopulation in respect of tuberculosis are not readily available.

Brucellosis

	1996	*ReactorHerdsat31-12-96	**Reactorsin 1996	Depops.in 1996	1997	*ReactorHerdsat31-12-97	**Reactorsin 1997	Depops.in 1997	1998	*ReactorHerdsat31-12-98	**Reactorsin 1998	Depops.in 1998
Carlow	2	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	0
Cavan	4	15	0	0	6	0	6	133	4
Clare	6	73	2	4	106	5	4	117	3
Cork North	48	604	27	75	807	13	38	1,467	18
Cork South	11	192	7	11	seeCork Nth.	9	28	seeCork Nth	29
Donegal	0	2	0	0	20	2	0	7	0
Dublin-
Wicklow East	1	52	0	0	10	1	1	39	1
Galway	6	39	4	9	63	7	12	62	4
Kerry	66	943	39	65	1,066	47	61	956	69
Kildare-
Wicklow West	4	39	1	5	93	3	4	33	4
Kilkenny	11	37	2	1	34	2	8	32	2
Laois	10	103	1	7	112	7	6	101	12
Leitrim	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	11	0
Limerick	90	1,342	42	69	1,870	78	86	1,583	88
Longford	2	0	0	0	12	1	3	7	0
Louth	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0
Mayo	1	21	0	6	43	2	8	40	2
Meath	11	259	6	5	76	6	11	80	2
Monaghan	10	177	11	16	216	18	12	149	15
Offaly	5	44	7	6	94	7	25	202	13
Roscommon	9	25	1	5	28	2	7	25	4
Sligo	1	5	0	0	2	0	1	5	0
Tipperary South	37	11	9	11	1,062	8	14	seeTipp Nth	13
Tipperary North	15	314	12	28	seeTipp Sth	29	36	1,209	36
Waterford	4	72	1	1	45	1	3	16	0
Westmeath	3	11	1	4	83	6	6	124	9
Wexford	6	27	1	5	20	0	2	12	0

*Restricted under EU regulations.

**Reactors to blood tests.