asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the name and address of persons or firms to whom facilities are being made available in connection with the dressed meat trade and also the names of persons or firms proposing to establish suitable premises for the purpose of expanding this trade and the places at which such premises will be located.
Written Answer. - Dressed Meat Trade.
The following are the names and addresses of persons registered under the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Acts who hold licences or permits to engage in the export trade in dressed meat:—
(a) Beef, mutton and lamb.
E. Burke and Sons, Limited, Clonmel, County Tipperary; Bernard Carney, 81 Blackheath Park, Clontarf, Dublin; Castlebar Bacon Company, Limited, Castlebar, County Mayo; Claremorris Bacon Company, Limited, Claremorris, County Mayo; Clonmel Foods, Limited, Clonmel, County Tipperary; Clover Meats, Limited, Waterford; Clover Meats, Limited, Wexford; Collins Brothers, 30 Ballybricken, Waterford; Cook and McNeily, Limited, Sligo; Cork Farmers' Union Abattoir and Marketing, Limited, Cork; E. A. Counihan and Son, Limited, 11 Nassau Street, Dublin; Gerald Cunniffe, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; H. Denny and Sons, Limited, Cork; H. Denny and Sons, Limited (trading as James Pim and Sons, Limited), Mountmellick, Laoighis; H. Denny and Sons, Limited, Waterford; Dundalk Meat and By-Products Company Limited, Dundalk, County Louth; Desmond Farrelly, 10 Old Cabra Road, Dublin; Ina Flynn (Mrs.), "Carnacon", Aylesbury Road, Dublin; John Flynn, Dublin Road, Sutton, County Dublin; Reps. James Hanley, Rooskey, Dromod, County Leitrim; Patrick Heron, 66 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin; Irish Crating Services, Limited, 49 North Wall, Dublin; D. Kelleher and Sons, Cork Street, Macroom. County Cork; Lunham Brothers, Limited, Kemp Street, Cork; Patrick Lynch, Brackenagh, Ballinasloe, County Galway; McCarren and Company, Limited, Cavan; Monaghan Curing Company, Limited, Monaghan; George Mullan, Rathaskar House, Naas, County Kildare; P. O'Flynn and Sons, Blackpool Bridge, Cork; F. Quinn and Company, Dublin Corporation Abattoir, Dublin; William P. Woods, Latimor, Kells, County Meath.
(b) Beef only.
Michael A. Callaghan, 34 Merton Drive, Ranelagh, Dublin; Central Meat Products Company, Limited, Pim Street, Dublin; Clover Meats Limited (trading as W. J. Shaw and Sons, Limited), Limerick; Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited, Tralee, County Kerry; James Corr, 94 Iona Road, Dublin; Noel Cuddy, 48 Seville Place, Dublin; H. Denny and Sons, Limited (trading as J. M. Slattery and Sons, Limited), Tralee, County Kerry; J. Heron and Sons, Swords, County Dublin; John T. Keogh, 20 Stoney-batter, Dublin; J. Matterson and Sons, Limited, Limerick; J. Murphy and Sons, Limited, Evergreen, Cork; Roscrea Meat Products, Limited, Roscrea, County Tipperary; John Staunton, Bridge Street, Freshford, County Kilkenny.
(c) Mutton and lamb only.
Achonry Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society Limited, Achonry, Ballymote, County Sligo; Bowe Brothers, Limited, James' Street, Waterford; Donegal Bacon Company, Limited, Donegal; Patrick Kavanagh, Cabra Villas, Old Cabra Road, Dublin; Matthew J. Lyons. Bridge Street, Longford.
A number of other persons and firms have informed my Department that they propose to establish premises for the purpose of exporting dressed meat but I have no function in regard to such premises until an application is made under Section 8 of the Agricultural Produce (Fresh Meat) Act, 1930, for their registration. Accordingly, I am not in a position to furnish the information requested in the second part of the question.