Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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947. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 17 December 2019, if he has received applications for PGI status; when this application will be submitted to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3092/20]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department continues to work with Bord Bia on the PGI application for "Irish Beef", in consultation with the European Commission.  A meeting to discuss the application was held with the European Commission in Brussels last month.

I anticipate that it should be possible to launch a formal national consultation in the near future, as required by the relevant EU regulations, before a formal application can be made to the European Commission for scrutiny of the proposal.