Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-03-Speech-2-167"
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"Mr President, Commissioner, last month in the emergency debate on foot-and-mouth I indicated that it was not a time for apportioning blame and indeed I sympathised with the plight of British farmers. In the meantime, I have not altered my view other than to say, regretfully, that the dreaded virus has since spread to my country with devastating consequences for farmers within the control zone of Cooley Peninsula, and with worrying implications for Ireland's farming and rural communities.
With such a dreaded virus one is somewhat reluctant to talk about success, other than to say thankfully Ireland's quick response, sometimes regarded as extreme, has so far been successful in containing the disease to one outbreak. But Ireland is paying an enormous price for this single incident. It affects not just the farmers but the broader economy such as tourism and employment.
However, I am left with some questions about the effectiveness of the controls up to the point of the outbreak of the first disease. It is obvious that Britain's first outbreak originated outside the Community, and I now question whether third countries which export to us are complying with the conditions we have imposed. This is something on which the EU Food and Veterinary Office must focus in the immediate future.
Secondly, we must question whether the meat being imported into the European Union is being fraudulently misrepresented on importation. Are the inspection procedures and sampling arrangements at import points into the Union adequate? I ask the Commissioner today, who has been doing an extremely good job, to consider increasing the level of sampling as an initial step.
In my contribution last month I called for an EU taskforce to police the implementation of the control measures in Member States. I ask today are we satisfied that enough is being done? What about the method of disposal – have we reached any scientific conclusions about the necessity for incineration as against the safe burial of dead animals? Do we have a view on the psychological impact, not just on farmers, but on the entire EU population, young and old, of the non-stop display on our television screens of truckloads of dead and decomposing animals?"@en1
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