Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1249. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of containers inspected by his Departmental officials following arrival into Dublin Airport and Dublin Port from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [1166/24]
View answerThe Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine conducts checks on food products of animal origin and certain categories of foods of non-animal origin, imported into Ireland from non-EU countries.
These checks are carried out at dedicated facilities called border control posts. There are four designated border control posts in Ireland: Dublin Airport, Dublin Port, Rosslare Port and Shannon Airport.
Below details the number of consignments checked by my department during 2023 for Dublin Port and Dublin Airport.
2023 Consignment Numbers
Dublin Port, 64,692
Dublin Airport, 4,321
Please note that the Department records relate to consignments and that there can be more than one consignment associated with a container, depending on the products being imported, however the tally of consignments is the closest approximation we can give of containers examined.
