Written answers
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
International Bodies Membership
Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his Department or a State body or agency under the aegis of his Department is responsible for or co-responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32803/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department represents Ireland in a number of international organisations, international agencies and international bodies and these can be found listed below.
As to the State Bodies and agencies under this Department’s aegis, this would be an operational matter for the bodies or agencies themselves.
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| Bioversity International / European Co-operative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) |
| Codex Alimentarius |
| Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council |
| English Speaking Pesticides Analytical Council |
| EUFORGEN |
| European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO) |
| European Co-Operative Programme for Genetic Resources (Malus-Pyrus Working Group) (ECPGR) |
| European Forest Institute (EFI) |
| European Forestry Commission (EFC) |
| European Mycological Network (EMN) |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO) |
| FOREST EUROPE (The Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe) |
| Future Trees Trust |
| Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases |
| InnovaWood |
| International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| International Meat Secretariat |
| International Plant Protection Convention which is a body within the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations |
| International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) |
| International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) |
| International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) |
| International Working-Group for Feedingstuff Analysis (IAG) |
| Joint Programming Initiative - Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (JPI FACCE) |
| Joint Programming Initiative - A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (JPI HDHL) |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
| The European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) |
| The European Regional Focal Point for Animal Genetic Resources (ERFP) |
| The Rotterdam Convention |
| United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) [in particular UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry] |
| United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) |
| United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) |
| World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) |
| World Trade Organisation |
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