Andrew Doyle
Question:612. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the expansion of diplomatic presence in emerging markets and the establishment of two new agriculture attaché posts in the Irish embassies in Beijing, China and Moscow, Russia announced in March 2013, in view of the importance Ireland attaches to the growing trade and maturing diplomatic relationships with China and Russia and which will further assist Irish food, drinks, ingredients, genomics, feed and equine sectors; when he expects these two agriculture attaché posts to be filled and by what method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35983/13]
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