Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been changes to the Export Health Cert process; if he will advise specifically with regard to certification of poultry and its transport to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Official controls and certification provide the necessary assurance to our trading partners that Ireland is as a safe, secure, and sustainable source of agri-food products. In the case of exports outside the EU, the requirements of these trade-related movements and the accompanying official sanitary and phytosanitary certificates are set by the authorities in the importing country of destination, and by any other non-EU countries the consignment might transit. The controls carried out by officials in my Department are based on those requirements.

Since the United Kingdom left the EU live poultry to Britain must be accompanied by an export health certificate set by the UK authorities. These certificates replaced the previously used intra-community health certificates ,which are used for internal trade within the EU.