Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2016
249. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused access to the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4341/16]
View answerThe person named submitted an application to join the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) 2015 – 2020 on the 26 May 2015. Under the Terms and Conditions of the BDGP, all herds have to be compliant with BVD regulations. My Department wrote to the person named on 2 September 2015 informing him that they were provisionally accepted into the Scheme provided that specified animals were tested for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) by the 11 September 2015. The animals listed were not fully tested.
An official from my Department has been in contact with the person named and has advised him that his eligibility for the BDGP is dependent on his immediate compliance with BVD requirements.
