The impact over the increasing number of bluetongue outbreaks on local farms has been raised on the floor of the Seanad.
Over the last two days, it was detected in a sixth herd in Wexford, while two other cases in Louth and Wicklow were also detected.
Bluetongue does not affect human health or food safety; meat and milk are safe to eat.
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Longford Senator Padraic Brady says that questions remain over the sale of animals across the island of Ireland:
Responding, Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon recounted a recent visit to Donegal where he met with his Northern Ireland counterpart, Andrew Muir:
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