Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019: Motion

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised we have a system of collecting it for live exports, whether it is to Northern Ireland or anywhere else. Outside the island of Ireland there is a limited export of pigs, mostly for breeding purposes. There is an arrangement in place for progeny passing over to Northern Ireland for slaughter purposes.