727. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that exporting of poultry litter from the North of Ireland to the South has been suspended; and the measures his Department is taking to have this suspension lifted. [45131/26]

I am aware that approval of new applications for movements of manures for land-spreading from Northern Ireland (NI) to Ireland under Article 48 of the Animal By-Product (ABP) regulations (EC Regulation 1069/2009) were temporarily suspended by my Department, while administrative elements were being considered. This suspension has now been lifted and new applications can be submitted to my Department.