Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)

I wish the Minister and the Ministers of State, Deputies Wallace and Sargent, well. The Minister referred to synchronisation, but she should address the inconsistency of allowing food, meat and materials into the country while denying the entry of feedstuffs.

Had the Minister scientific evidence in coming to a decision to abdicate her responsibility by not voting, because in effect it means that the Minister put the Green Party before the farmers? The Minister has kowtowed to the Green Party. She had looked for this measure but when the opportunity arose, she was unable to take it.

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