Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue was speaking in Seoul after a meeting with with So Byung Hoon, the chairman of the parliament’s agriculture committee
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said this would leave only one further stage in the approval process. Photograph: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie
“My specific request of Mr So was that this file completes the required Parliamentary process without delay. I was delighted to secure a commitment from Mr So that he will move to have this stage completed by the end of this year. This would clear the way for the final stage in the process which is approval of the Irish beef plants who wish to export to Korea,” he said
“We made a decision about six months ago to have what’s called a Team Ireland trade mission week once a year and that it would happen over the Halloween period when the Dáil was in recess so that ministers could try and carve out some time to spend three or four days in a strategic market in a part of the world where we believe there is significant potential for growth,” Mr Coveney said.
“We used to have nearly 3000 students in here who used to come from Korea to Ireland to learn the English language. The Covid pandemic obviously disrupted travel patterns significantly. We’re looking to rebuild that. To do that, we’re launching our international education mark, a new quality assurance mark by the Government of Ireland for accrediting English-language schools for the first time,” he said.
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