Exports to disease-free-status countries
O’Keeffe asked which disease-free-status countries received Irish dairy and meat products and in what quantities. Barrett said he would circulate 1983 export figures.
asked the Taoiseach the amount of dairy and meat products exported by Ireland to countries outside the EC who insist on imports from countries with disease-free status from diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease; the names of the countries; and the quantity and type of agricultural products exported.
Comment on this
Dún Laoghaire): I propose to circulate a statement showing the information requested by the Deputy in respect of the year 1983.
Following is the statement:
1. Exports of beef and veal in 1983 to the principal countries outside the EC which require certification of freedom from foot and mouth disease.
2. Exports of pigmeat in 1983 to the principal countries outside the EC which require certification of freedom from such diseases as foot and mouth disease, swine fever, swine vesicular disease, trichinosis and infectious pig paralysis.
3. Exports of dairy products in 1983 to the principal countries outside the EC.
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