Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----I am unsure what purpose that would serve. Personally, I have little or no relationship with the individual to whom the Deputy has referred and I certainly am not going to start speaking about any individual in this House.

My job is to ensure companies processing beef in Ireland do it properly and safely to a high standard. That has been my experience of all the companies with us last week in the United States. We have only approved two plants to export beef to United States. Very soon there will be a third and, over the next several months, many other plants will go through the approval process. I am comfortable and confident that all the companies exporting beef to the United States will be able to maintain the hard-earned reputation of the beef business of high quality.

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