Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of buildings within his Department that have a canteen or hot food service for staff; the location of each building; the country of origin for beef, pork, chicken and lamb sourced for each building; if he will provide the information in tabular readable form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26609/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has only a small canteen in two of its buildings at Adelaide Road and Kildare Street. These canteens are run by outside caterers (who operate independently of my Department) and who have indicated that all of the beef, pork, and lamb supplied in each canteen is Irish. Raw chicken fillets used by the caterers are Irish. Cooked chicken fillets used by the caterers are from an Irish supplier who has indicated that the raw chicken fillets are sourced from European countries and Brazil; these chicken fillets are cooked and packed in Belgium. It would be impractical to provide this information in tabular format.