Agriculture Industry

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Ceisteanna (513)

Charlie McConalogue

Ceist:

513. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the detail of all export certificates for meat, beef, lamb and pigmeat that Ireland has with other countries, in tabular form. [15464/17]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The countries with which export health certificates are agreed for beef, pigmeat and sheepmeat are shown in the following table and a number of other countries also accept Irish meat exports on the basis of general meat export certificates. The conditions for the exports of these products vary from country to country. There would be insufficient space in the table to provide the specific country detail of the conditions in the health certificate. The Department usually issues a Trader Notice when details of a new agreement are finalised. These trader notices are published on the Department website. Work is under way at present on a centralised website that will provide more detailed information for all the certificates, which will be of benefit to all stakeholders.

Agreed Veterinary Health Certificates

Country	Beef	Pigmeat	Sheepmeat
Algeria	Yes	No	No
Australia	No	Yes	No
Barbados	No	Yes	No
Canada	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cayman Islands	No	Yes	No
Egypt	Yes	No	No
French Polynesia	Yes	No	No
Hong Kong	Yes	Yes	Yes
Indonesia	Yes	No	No
Islamic Republic of Iran	Yes	No	Yes
Israel	Yes	No	No
Japan	Yes	Yes	No
Lebanon	Yes	No	Yes
Maldives	Yes	Yes	Yes
Morocco	Yes	No	No
Namibia	Yes	No	Yes
New Caledonia	Yes	No	No
New Zealand	Yes	Yes	No
Oman	Yes	No	Yes
Peoples Republic of China	No	Yes	No
Philippines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Republic of Korea	No	Yes	No
Russia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes	No	No
Serbia	No	Yes	No
Seychelles	Yes	Yes	Yes
Singapore	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Switzerland	Yes	Not required	Not required
Trinidad	No	Yes	No
Tunisia	Yes	No	Yes
Turkey	Yes	No	No
United Arab Emirates	Yes	No	Yes
U.S.A.	Yes	Yes	No
Vietnam	No	Yes	No