John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the legislation allowing feedlots to be owned or contracted by meat processing companies here will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8823/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has a role in relation to herds being assigned feedlot status for specific reasons, for example related to animal health status. The Department, however, does not have a role in relation to the ownership or contracting of feedlots, both of which are commercial activities.