Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 March 2017
302. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on policy actions to manage the spreading of TB via deer in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/17]
View answerResponsibility for and the management of wild deer on public lands lies with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. My Department monitors the incidence of TB in wild deer nationally through the analysis of suspect lesions or carcases submitted by farmers and hunters who are permitted to slaughter deer under licence from that Department. Submissions of deer samples from the area referred to have indicated that there has been no confirmed case of TB in the area since 2014.
