Martin Kenny
Question:276. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available for farmers with outbreaks of bluetongue on their farms. [70503/25]
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The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 provides that compensation to owners of animals may be payable if a cull of those animals is directed by my Department in the event of an outbreak in that herd or flock of certain diseases, including bluetongue virus. Compensation at the open market rate is payable for any cattle, sheep or goats which are culled on the order of my Department. Infected animals would be culled, but this does not mean the whole herd or flock; it is likely that only a small number of animals per infected herd or flock would need to be culled, based on the experience of other countries.