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
5:05 pm
Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Is the IFA in favour of lifting the ban on GM foods? In regard to bio-fuels, Mr. Bryan noted that much of the by-product is used in agriculture. That is not necessarily the case in respect of palm oil. I have seen tracts of land on which nothing is grown for mile after mile. I ask the witnesses' view on the EU's set-aside policy. Do they agree with the policy of setting aside good agricultural lands for bio-fuels?
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