Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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1249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of containers inspected by his Departmental officials following arrival into Dublin Airport and Dublin Port from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [1166/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine conducts checks on food products of animal origin and certain categories of foods of non-animal origin, imported into Ireland from non-EU countries.

These checks are carried out at dedicated facilities called border control posts. There are four designated border control posts in Ireland: Dublin Airport, Dublin Port, Rosslare Port and Shannon Airport.

Below details the number of consignments checked by my department during 2023 for Dublin Port and Dublin Airport.

2023 Consignment Numbers

Dublin Port, 64,692

Dublin Airport, 4,321

Please note that the Department records relate to consignments and that there can be more than one consignment associated with a container, depending on the products being imported, however the tally of consignments is the closest approximation we can give of containers examined.