Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the breakdown on the level of beef and dairy imports into Ireland by quantity and country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4877/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The Central Statistics Office is responsible for the collection of statistics in relation to imports and trade in products of animal origin. The last full calendar year for which information is available from the CSO is 2007. The following tables therefore cover 2007 and for dairy products the period up to August 2008 and in the case of beef, the period up to up to October 2008.

The following should be noted:

In certain cases the record of import may include the re-import of Irish products that were originally the subject of an export from this country.

The information available for imports from EU Member States does not differentiate between products originating in the EU country and those originating in third countries that may already be in free circulation within the Community.