Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I do not know the answer to that as regards the time ahead or into the future. The current EU requirements and controls are that we must have disposal for meat and bone meal. Brexit has posed a particular challenge around that, as the Chair knows, because much of the meat and bone meal disposal has gone abroad up to now. That is why €20 million is allocated towards it. We are currently engaging on how we can spend that in a way that would meet that need nationally. A significant job of work is under way that will be expedited and completed this year to make sure we have that capacity. I am happy to get the Chair a further response regarding the long-term necessity and the regulation around it.