Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 November 2004
149 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if any meat products, bonemeal or offal exported from this country arising from the beef destruct scheme or otherwise have found its way back into the country again by circuitous means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29617/04]
View answerI take it that the Deputy is referring to the beef purchase for destruction, PFD, scheme and the beef special purchase scheme, SPS, as operated by my Department in 2001 and 2002. Following a tender procedure my Department contracted three companies to dispose of the meat and bone meal arising from the PFD and SPS schemes. All quantities produced were dispatched for incineration in Germany and the UK. There is no evidence whatsoever that any of this material was re-imported into Ireland.
