Clare Daly
Ceist:561. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the virus cardiomyopathy has been found in the lice that infect farmed salmon. [53698/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 14 December 2017
Ceisteanna (561, 562)
Clare Daly
Ceist:562. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the cardiomyopathy virus revealed by him in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2017 is not now nor will become transmissible to human beings. [53699/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 561 and 562 together.
My Department has been advised by the Marine Institute that the virus referred to by the Deputy has been reported as occurring in sea lice in one Norwegian report. The report reference is as follows:
Hellebø, A., Stene, A., and Asphaug, V. (2014). Potensielle reservoarer for SAV og PMCV p_a marine akvakulturanlegg, (In Norwegian). Ålesund, Norway: Møreforskning og Høgskolen i _Alesund. 1–23.
The Marine Institute has also advised, in accordance with its Statement of 8 December, that this disease has no impact on human health.