Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It goes against the image of green Ireland to introduce these products. We know the history of Monsanto and other companies in Third World countries. That is where the difficulty arises. On the one hand we are selling Ireland as green but on the other we are introducing these products which most consumers would not regard as green. Farmers will lose a considerable part of their market if they go down that road.