PQ 219
219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the conditions necessary to empower Ireland to ban the importation of bees other than the native Irish honey bee have been met, for example that the threat to the native Irish honey bee has been established by report dated December 2024, submitted to his Department, and that the importation of non-native bees directly threatens the health of the native Irish honey bee. [70713/26]
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7 October 2026
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7 October 2026 · Environmental Policy
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Barry Ward
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Agriculture
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7 October 2026
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219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the conditions necessary to empower Ireland to ban the importation of bees other than the native Irish honey bee have been met, for example that the threat to the native Irish honey bee has been established by report dated December 2024, submitted to his Department, and that the importation of non-native bees directly threatens the health of the native Irish honey bee. [70713/26]
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7 October 2026
Environmental Policy
219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the conditions necessary to empower Ireland to ban the importation of bees other than the native Irish honey bee have been met, for example that the threat to the native Irish honey bee has been established by report dated December 2024, submitted to his Department, and that the importation of non-native bees directly threatens the health of the native Irish honey bee. [70713/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-07/219/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2026-10-07/pq_219
- ireland · q-2026-10-07-pq_219 · source updated 7 October 2026