€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.

€100m paid out in compensation over pork contamination

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.

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