Ms Maria Dunne:

These are the health certificates and the conditions we negotiate with the third-country markets, so they are the bottom line and we cannot export anything that does not fit those requirements. There are eight veterinary health certificates at the moment which provide for full or partial 30-month age restrictions for Irish beef, and these are for China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Switzerland, Egypt and Singapore. In those cases, we have no option and we can only certify meat which is from animals under 30 months. That is the bottom line within those countries.