Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 December 2020
476. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the course of their general duties Departmental veterinary staff use a paper or computer-based system; if so when such a computer-based system was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42660/20]
View answerDepartment veterinary staff have many different functions within the Regional Veterinary Office and Veterinary Public Health work, including disease eradication, animal exports, public health, food safety, animal welfare, animal remedies and other regulatory duties. Some of these duties have paper-based aspects.
Many of these duties are supported by IT systems. Computerisation in the animal health area began in the 1980s and many systems have been introduced since then. Internal systems are constantly upgraded and maintained. One of the largest systems is the Animal Health Computer System which fully replaced an older TB and Brucellosis management system in 2006.
