Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 1085: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 23 June 2009, if he will review the decision to exclude this premises from the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34522/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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As set out in my previous reply, the service provided by my Department for the export of cattle involves a considerable amount of checking on the transport vehicle(s), documentation, identification of the cattle, fitness for transport, and health status, as well as preparing the health certificate to accompany the consignment and sending a notification of the details of the export to the Member State of destination via the TRACES system.

In order to make best use of resources, requests to my Department for export services have to be prioritised in line with limitations on staff resources, budgets and having regard to the volume of exports to be covered by each request. On occasions it is not possible to provide all the requested services, especially at weekends or outside of normal working hours. My Department continues to work with exporters and export points to facilitate the important export trade to the greatest extent possible. I have reviewed this case and I have established that it is not possible to provide the requested services