Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

EU Developments July to December 2013: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:10 pm

Mr. Tom Moran:

The Russians have banned a series of plants for dairy products and meat. The situation is difficult. We are involved at a high level with the Russians in trying to undo that. It is happening across Europe and they have done it with a lot of other countries as well. Our ambassador and the new attachéin Moscow have been in and out of the Russian administration trying to resolve it. We have engaged with them seriously. Some elements of it are vague, but we hope to have further clarification this week on whether it is just those plants or whether other plants are included. It is a moving situation.