Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

In light of the concerns raised regarding third country imports, does this not leave Ireland and any other member states reprocessing and repackaging product as coming from their own country in a vulnerable position regarding potential disease outbreaks?

An amount of this third country product goes into the catering trade. In light of the poor compliance currently evident, with less than a quarter having labelling in place, will the Minister of State ensure that environmental health officers will be given sufficient resources? Will the Department of Health and Children ensure that training and resources are provided to environmental health officers to enforce the regulations signed by the Minister? Law without enforcement is pointless.

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