Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

Will the Minister of State at least inform me of the way the information is collected? Is he able to say in respect of imported food whether it is apparent from these figures if the food originated in Ireland and was exported and processed in India, for example, before being re-imported? How would such food be categorised in the import and export figures which I have requested? Is it possible to deduce what traceability exists so we can be accurate about those figures?

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