Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

An extremely important point was made by Deputy Creed and others. On Sunday, through the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin, and his Department's senior management, we contacted all our embassies in the relevant countries and appraised them of the situation. We gave them a particular message to get out to the markets. Bord Bia has been in discussion with people who have been active promoters and purchasers of Irish products. Enterprise Ireland is also involved. We are taking an Ireland House approach to this issue. There is a synergy as our State agencies work together at political level, and we will continue to promote, as quickly as possible, Ireland's re-entry to these important markets.

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