Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 September 2022
317. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of wild birds with avian flu that have been notified to his Department by county to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45271/22]
View answerSince July of this year, over 80 wild birds were submitted to our laboratories for testing. Of these almost 60 positive avian influenza cases were confirmed, all are subtype H5N1. To date all but one have been seabirds. These include large number of gannets in Counties Cork, Kerry, Mayo, Dublin, Donegal and Louth, a raven in Kerry and a guillemot in Donegal. We still await results for a small number of other wild birds.
The table below sets out details of the number of submissions received by my Department’s Regional Laboratories since July. It should be noted that each submission may consist of a number of birds.
Wild bird submissions 1st July- 12.09.2022
|
- |
Negative |
Positive |
Total |
|
Carlow |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Cavan |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Clare |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Cork |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
Donegal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dublin |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Kerry |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
Kilkenny |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Limerick |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Louth |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Mayo |
1 |
7 |
8 |
|
Monaghan |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Offaly |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Sligo |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Tipperary |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Waterford |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Westmeath |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Wexford |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Grand Total |
27 |
17 |
44 |
