Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with the Irish Farmers Association

4:50 pm

Photo of Maureen O'SullivanMaureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I represent the Dublin Central constituency, an urban area but I visit the country a lot. When I do my shopping, it can be difficult to find Irish produce, particularly fish.

A concern among many African parliamentarians is that the land that they need for food is being taken up for bio-fuel production. In the past we were lax when it came to animal welfare, particularly in the export of live cattle and the slaughtering of pigs. Improvements have been made but there is still work to be done in this area.

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