Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 November 2020
276. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which one can apply for live evaluation under the disease eradication schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/20]
View answerThe On-farm Market Valuation Scheme is the principal compensation scheme available to farmers who suffer a bovine TB breakdown. Under this scheme, applications for compensation on the basis of a live valuation are issued to all farmers who suffer a breakdown with the exception of those whose animals are discovered to have TB lesions at the time of slaughter. Live valuations are carried out by a panel of independent valuers. Compensation is paid at a rate that the animal would ordinarily be expected to achieve on the open market if the animal was not diseased.
