PQ 1451
1451. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the reported near-finalisation of the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement and the outstanding concern over checks on goods entering Northern Ireland, if he will outline the current volume and value of agri-food goods exported from Munster/Cork into Northern Ireland or Great Britain that are subject to SPS checks; the number of exporters in the Cork region that have reported increased administrative burden or costs due to SPS/trade-check friction in the past 12months; and the means by which the Government intends to support exporters in Cork to leverage any reduction in checks once the SPS deal is implemented. [59646/25]
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1451. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the reported near-finalisation of the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement and the outstanding concern over checks on goods entering Northern Ireland, if he will outline the current volume and value of agri-food goods exported from Munster/Cork into Northern Ireland or Great Britain that are subject to SPS checks; the number of exporters in the Cork region that have reported increased administrative burden or costs due to SPS/trade-check friction in the past 12months; and the means by which the Government intends to support exporters in Cork to leverage any reduction in checks once the SPS deal is implemented. [59646/25]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-11-04/1451/
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