Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

The recent warning from the World Health Organisation contained a staggering statistic of the probability of between 5 million and 150 million projected deaths from a 'flu pandemic and this warning should be heeded by all.

I appreciate the important role to be played by the Minister's Department and the perhaps more significant role to be played by the Department of Health and Children. However, some of the issues refer specifically to agriculture. What controls are in place at airports and other ports to oversee the import of any foodstuffs, particularly in light of the risk from avian influenza?

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