Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
268. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a payment under the calf welfare scheme has been withheld in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6777/15]
View answerThe person named registered 30 animals under the Beef Genomics Scheme for 2014. Under the Terms and Conditions of this Scheme all animals must be tested for BVD within 27 days of birth and if the test is positive, or inconclusive, then the animal must be removed to a knackery within 7 weeks of the test result. If the BVD requirements are not complied with then the whole herd is ineligible for payment. The sample taken from one animal was not sufficient to determine the BVD status of that animal and the person named would have been advised to retest the animal. My Department has no record of a retest being undertaken on this animal. It is open to the person named to seek a review of the decision outlining any reasons why the animal was not retested.
