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

Let me reassure people on this issue. I can only speak for myself as Minister over nearly four years. My Department keeps tight regulatory responsibility with all the beef companies in Ireland. No animal is killed in Ireland without being supervised by someone from my Department, most of them being vets, and this goes for ABP Food Group, as well as all the others. Ireland exports beef to 45 different countries and all the big players are involved in that export story. Were one to refer to the distant past on a regular basis and make inferences from that-----

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