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Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon said the order to protect these birds from the risk of avian influenza will come into effect on Monday, 10 November. This order requires that all poultry and captive birds must be housed or confined in such a way that they do not have access to other poultry, captive birds, or wild birds. This reduces the opportunity for contact with potentially infected wild birds, which is one of the main ways in which the virus can spread. Heydon said he was taking this measure due to the increased risk of bird flu to poultry and to reduce the threat to the “industry and to our poultry farmers’ livelihoods”. Heydon also sought to emphasise the importance of biosecurity, which he said “remains the single most effective way to prevent the virus spreading from wild birds into poultry, or between poultry flocks”. Advertisement The order applies to all bird keepers. Meanwhile, Heydon remarked that there has been “strong and ongoing cooperation” between his Department and counterparts in the North on the issue. Similar measures are to be introduced in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Strict new biosecurity regulations for poultry had been introduced at the start of November and Heydon said this “compulsory housing order is an additional risk mitigation measure”. The public is urged not to handle sick or dead wild birds and to report any episodes of sick or dead wild birds to their Regional Veterinary Office or, if outside business hours, to contact the National Disease Emergency Hotline on 01 492 8026. The Irish Farming Association had yesterday called for a housing order to be put in place after it was confirmed that a commercial turkey flock in Co Carlow had been hit by the virus. It’s the first outbreak of bird flu in a commercial poultry flock since 2023. 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