Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

1290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the necessary funding to purchase additional food detection dogs to be deployed at airports, ports, etc., as currently there is only one food detection dog nationwide. [38081/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine continuously reviews its various arrangements regarding import control checks, of which the use of food detector dogs is only one part. Extensive manual checks and scanning equipment are also used at ports and airports to monitor for illegal imports of food products.