Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-03-08-Speech-1-101"

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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100308.15.1-101"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Nessa Childers2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank my colleague, Ms de Brún, for her hard work on this report. The case of a 38-year-old woman who died in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast last year was a tiny reminder of the ongoing threat posed by rabies to Ireland. It is believed that she contracted the disease when trying to break up a fight between two dogs while on a working holiday to South Africa. More recently, four people had to receive preventive injections in Dublin after an illegally imported kitten started to act strangely and bit them. Rabies is one of the oldest zoonotic diseases which affects humans, and is invariably fatal once symptoms have occurred. Global travel patterns mean that the disease is never far from our door. It is for this reason that Ireland practises strict quarantine of imported animals, and it is only because of these stringent measures that we are able to maintain our status as rabies-free. In order to continue this record, it is crucial that the transitional agreement which this proposal would extend until the end of next year is not allowed to lapse in July 2010. The additional safeguards proposed are also crucial to both human and animal health, as they would help solve the fight not just against rabies but also against specific ticks and tapeworms from which Ireland is currently free. By accepting this proposal, this House would facilitate the fight against rabies and provide a base for its eradication across Europe. For these reasons, the urgency of this matter must not go unstated."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2013-09-16)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2014-03-02)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nessa Childers (S&D )."1
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