John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the contacts she has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding the effects of IPPC licensing on poultry producers; if her Department has an estimate of the number of poultry producers that will be forced out of business by the implementation of this increased cost; the proposals she has to reduce the increased costs for poultry producers associated with IPPC licensing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40998/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The level of IPPC fees is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and for the Environmental Protection Agency who administer the scheme. Officials from my Department recently met the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and have also been in contact with the Environmental Protection Agency, with a view to outlining the economic difficulties being experienced by the poultry sector. My aim on this matter is to ensure that the application of the IPPC licensing laws is done in a way which takes full account of the pressures being experienced by the poultry sector.