Michael Ring
Ceist:75 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of BSE cases there were in County Mayo for the past four years; and the locations where the carcasses of those animals are buried. [28109/00]
Written Answers. - Bovine Diseases.
Michael Ring
Ceist:76 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the number of BSE cases in each county for the past two years. [28110/00]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 76 together.
There were two cases of BSE in County Mayo over the past four years, one in 1998 and one in 2000. I have already indicated that, I do not con sider it appropriate to publish the precise locations of burials in each county, which would entail the publication of the name and address of every farmer in whose herd a BSE suspect animal was found. I am, however, prepared to make available on a confidential basis, and at the request of each county manager, the locations of burials in the relevant county, for the purpose of facilitating local authorities in allaying local concerns which in this context might be addressed to them. Arrangements are already in train to release information to those county managers who have so far requested it.
The attached table shows the number of cases of BSE positive animals on a county basis for the past two years.
BSE cases in Ireland for the past two years
|
County |
1999 |
2000 |
Totals |
|
Carlow |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Cavan |
16 |
12 |
28 |
|
Clare |
7 |
6 |
13 |
|
Cork North |
3 |
8 |
11 |
|
Cork South |
6 |
11 |
17 |
|
Donegal |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dublin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Galway |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
Kerry |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Kildare |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny |
2 |
5 |
7 |
|
Laois |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
Leitrim |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
Limerick |
4 |
8 |
12 |
|
Longford |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
Louth |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Mayo |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Meath |
8 |
11 |
19 |
|
Monaghan |
11 |
18 |
29 |
|
Offaly |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Roscommon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Tipperary North |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Tipperary South |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Waterford |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Westmeath |
2 |
5 |
7 |
|
Wexford |
11 |
7 |
18 |
|
Wicklow |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Totals |
91 |
121 |
212 |
NOTE:
a)In 1999 a total of 3,260 brains from cattle in depopulated herds and cohort animals have been examined. Four additional positive cohort animals have been detected.
b)In 2000, to date, a total of 2,463 brains from cattle in depopulated herds and cohort animals have been examined. Three additional positive cohort animals have been detected.