Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 March 2013
476. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on any meetings he has attended at which the horse meat fraud was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/13]
View answerI refer the Deputy to my Dáil statement of 14th March and the report which I released on the same day on the ‘Equine DNA and Mislabelling of Processed Beef Investigation’. That report provides a full update on the investigation into this matter and outlines the conclusions and recommendations which can now be drawn. During the course of the intensive investigation of this matter I arranged and attended many meetings, both nationally and at EU level, in my role as President of the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers, and the report gives details of the outcomes of a number of those meetings.
