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"Mr President, the final report before us today, which was adopted unanimously by the temporary committee, represents the fruits of a most thorough investigation and consultation process, including numerous public hearings and visits to affected areas.
Since I have lived all of my life in the countryside and have been actively involved in farming and the politics of farming, I fully sympathise with those farmers and their families who were devastated by the outbreak. We in Ireland were spared the worst because of our geographical location and, in no small measure, because of the extreme exemplary precautions taken by the Irish authorities – a fact referred to in today's report.
There are many lessons to be learnt from the experiences of the outbreak. The rapporteur has done an excellent job in highlighting these and in showing how to avoid the mistakes of the past. I am pleased that the Commission has been most cooperative with the temporary committee throughout the period of its work. I seriously hope that the committee's final recommendations will be fully reflected in the forthcoming legislative proposal. In particular, I would urge that close attention be paid to those areas where resource gaps have been identified. I await with interest the evaluation report by the Commission as to whether the Food and Veterinary Office in Ireland has the right staff and infrastructure to enable it to carry out its duties effectively in the long term.
In conclusion, I sincerely hope that this lengthy exercise will bring about some very tangible results. We have an array of legislative measures which should go a long way to preventing future outbreaks and, more importantly, to ensuring that any such outbreak does not reach the proportions witnessed last year.
The Member States, as well as the Commission, have clear responsibilities in this area. Legislation on catering waste, animal transport, animal welfare, surveillance and disease control must be properly implemented and monitored.
I fully support measures leading to a ban on all meat imports from non-EU countries where foot and mouth is endemic and likewise support stricter controls on illegal meat imports."@en1
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