Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make a final point. The other issue that comes to mind is the need for a balanced diet throughout the world for the future. Sometimes this is forgotten. Sometimes we hear statements to the effect that we need low-protein diets. Not everybody needs a low-protein diet. Sometimes it is necessary to have a high-protein diet. There are millions of people throughout the world in need of a decent diet and that will continue for the foreseeable future. We need to concentrate on that. At the same time, we must make our contribution to the reduction of carbons and I believe we can do that effectively, and proportionately better than anywhere else in the globe. I agree entirely that importation from Latin America does not make sense in respect of the reduction of carbon because the big steamers emit carbons just the same as everything else.

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