Tony Killeen
Question:163 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the categories mentioned in Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 2 July 1996, in respect of which a response was not provided. [15304/96]
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163 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the categories mentioned in Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 2 July 1996, in respect of which a response was not provided. [15304/96]
The food hygiene regulations require that operators of food businesses providing services to the public be registered with the local health board. I am advised that, at 1 July, 1996, an estimated 699 applications for such registration have not been processed owing to the current industrial action by environmental health officers.