Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 528: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the aid available to support the poultry sector in this period of high feed costs and with the impact of cheap imports, particularly in view of the fact the CAP budget is in surplus for 2008. [31911/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The production and marketing of poultry come within the scope of the EU common organization of the market. Duties are payable on imports of poultry from non-EU countries and export refunds are in place for certain categories of poultry exports. A temporary financial support scheme was introduced for poultry producers who suffered losses arising from the fall-off in consumer confidence when there was widespread negative publicity surrounding avian influenza in 2006. Apart from these measures there is no financial intervention in the operation of the EU single market for poultry.