Dáil Tuesday 17 May 1983

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Meat Imports.

Questions in this session

Meat imports in 1982 4 speeches

Imports totalled 6,400 tonnes of pork and bacon and 5,300 tonnes of poultry; the Chair ruled that the competitiveness follow-up was outside this statistical question.

Mr. Leonard, Nuala Fennell, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick

Mr. Leonard

asked the Taoiseach the tonnage of pork and bacon imported in 1982; and the tonnage of broiler meat imported in 1982.

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Nuala Fennell Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Barrett, Fine Gael

Dún Laoghaire): Imports of pork and bacon amounted to 6,400 tonnes in 1982. While broiler meat is not identified as such in the external trade statistics, the term can be equated with “Dead poultry —fowls (including cuts)”, imports of which amounted to 5,300 tonnes in 1982.

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Mr. Leonard

Can the Minister of State tell me what steps the Government are taking to ensure that there will not be so much imports and that we will be competitive enough to meet the market?

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

The Deputy will appreciate that this is purely a statistical question and now that he has got the answer he can avail of some other occasion to put the question that he is putting now.

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