Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 581: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the purpose for which the insurance fee on animals which are slaughtered in a factory is used; the cover, if same is underwritten by any insurance company; the amount collected annually under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22339/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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While I understand such schemes are in place, they are a commercial arrangement between individual slaughter plants and the farmers supplying animals to those plants. My Department has no role in these insurance schemes and we do not gather the information sought by the Deputy.