Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Border Counties: Discussion

2:10 pm

Mr. John Sheridan:

On that point, Sligo Institute of Technology along with the county council through its sporting centre and green energy were going to go forward and offer a link into the accident and emergency unit in Enniskillen and have that completely integrated. Energy is something we never even touched on. One thing must be kept in mind: this is a food island. Kerry chose this place to establish its centre of excellence with 1,000 jobs, each with a six-figure salary, and it did not do so just on a whim. This is why a sea border is needed. It must be protected from diseases such as foot and mouth disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE. Ireland must protect the food niche for which it is known. After all, the Chinese Minister with responsibility for the environment was shot because she let melamine into the milk. Some 25% of the world's baby food is produced by five of the main processing companies on this island with Irish milk from Irish cows fed on Irish grass both North and South. Why would one want to ruin that, the tourist product, the health product and the whole lot?

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