Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2020
751. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outbreaks of avian flu detected at poultry premises in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11036/20]
View answerNo outbreaks of Avian Influenza were detected in Ireland in 2019.
In 2020 to date, 13 outbreaks of Low pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) of the H6N1 subtype were detected in poultry farms in Co Monaghan. It should be noted that these outbreaks were of the subtype LPAI H6N1 which is non-notifiable.
As a result, these outbreaks do not affect Ireland’s official disease status and Ireland therefore remains free from notifiable Avian Influenza.
