Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take regarding the use of taxpayers' money to promote Northern Irish food under the Bord Bia label; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11463/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Under EU law, membership of quality assurance schemes must be open to product from other member states that meet the required standard. Bord Bia operates quality assurance schemes for beef, pork, lamb, horticulture, chicken and eggs. Producers and processors in Northern Ireland have applied for, and have met, the Bord Bia standard in respect of chicken and eggs. Neither Bord Bia nor Irish taxpayer money is used to promote the Northern Ireland product. The logo which has been approved by the EU, provides for mention of origin in a secondary manner only, in accordance with EU state aid rules, and the product originating in Ireland is depicted by the use of the tricolour.