228 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 18 December 2008, the number of inspections performed by environmental health officers on restaurants to date in 2009; the number planned for the remainder of 2009; the number of premises in breach of the beef labelling laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29260/09]

Responsibility for the enforcement of labelling legislation rests with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and its official agents, which include the Health Service Executive, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Local Authorities.

Some 44,000 inspections are planned for 2009. Inspection and food surveillance reports are submitted to the Authority every six months. The data for the first six months of 2009 will be available shortly. I have asked the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the FSAI to identify and to forward, directly to the Deputy, details on the number of inspections performed by environmental health officers on restaurants to date in 2009, the number planned for the remainder of 2009, and the number of premises in breach of the beef labelling laws.