€100m paid out in compensation over pork contamination

MORE than €100 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent by the Government on compensation to farmers and processors following last December’s pork contamination scandal.

Latest estimates from the Department of Agriculture are that the Government will spend at least another €49m on claims and costs associated with the recall from overseas markets.

Meanwhile, exports to Russia and China have still not been re-opened. The Department of Agriculture investigation into the contamination is still not completed and it’s understood that a Garda investigation is still open.