824. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the risk to the Irish honey bee populations from Tropilaelaps mercedesae, a parasitic mite now confirmed in parts of Eastern Europe including European Russia, Georgia and Ukraine, and described by international experts as, in every way conceivable, a worse pest than Varroa; whether he will consider imposing precautionary restrictions on honey bee imports from affected regions, as the United Kingdom did on 7 October 2025 in respect of imports from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37697/26]

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824. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the risk to the Irish honey bee populations from Tropilaelaps mercedesae, a parasitic mite now confirmed in parts of Eastern Europe including European Russia, Georgia and Ukraine, and described by international experts as, in every way conceivable, a worse pest than Varroa; whether he will consider imposing precautionary restrictions on honey bee imports from affected regions, as the United Kingdom did on 7 October 2025 in respect of imports from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37697/26]

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