407 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a plant (details supplied) in County Tyrone slaughters more than 8,000 pigs from south of the Border weekly and accounts for approximately 15% of south of the Border pig production annually; the steps he proposes to take to protect southern producers who export to processors north of the Border in the event of a recurrence of the damaging dioxin incident or some such outbreak or scare; his views on whether Irish pig producers are entitled to the same levels of support, protection and emergency assistance, if needed, as fellow Irish pig producers who supply to processors based in the Twenty-six Counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/09]

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407 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a plant (details supplied) in County Tyrone slaughters more than 8,000 pigs from south of the Border weekly and accounts for approximately 15% of south of the Border pig production annually; the steps he proposes to take to protect southern producers who export to processors north of the Border in the event of a recurrence of the damaging dioxin incident or some such outbreak or scare; his views on whether Irish pig producers are entitled to the same levels of support, protection and emergency assistance, if needed, as fellow Irish pig producers who supply to processors based in the Twenty-six Counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/09]

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