Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the opinions expressed by other member states and the Government's opinion as expressed at the 6 October 2006 meeting of the European Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, Toxicological Safety of the Food Chain section on the issue of the Draft Commission Directive amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and Directive 85/572/EEC laying down the list of stimulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food; her views on the question of amending said list; the research here into these matters; and if she will a statement on the matter of regulating plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. [32891/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Food Safety Authority represents Ireland on this issue at the relevant EU meetings. The information requested contains technical details and I am arranging with the FSAI to have it forwarded to the Deputy.