Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department has been in active engagement with stakeholders. If one has passed through airports or ports recently, one will have seen a greater awareness campaign at points of entry and exit reminding travellers not to bring back food items and, if they do, to dispose of them properly. We are fortunate that we are free of African swine fever, which is opening up market opportunities for us in the context of the circumstances to which the Deputy alluded. We have also engaged with the pig industry in creating that awareness among its workforce. There is a role for each and every one of us in that regard. The Department is working closely with both farm organisations and individual farmers on this matter.

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