Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which her Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same. [15825/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The decision to use any Fairtrade product by my Department would of course be subject to compliance with public procurement rules and it is a matter for the enterprises supplying services to the Department to make their own commercial decisions in sourcing their supplies.

I am pleased that the restaurant in Agriculture House, which is a private concern, took a decision some two years ago to stock Fairtrade coffee, one of the products highlighted by Oxfam in a recent campaign to promote Fairtrade products.