Michelle Mulherin (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is very important. We keep coming back to beef. My issue is not trade but the fact that the likes of soya beans are being grown in South America where rainforests are being torn down. A lot of such beans may be grown in tropical areas of developing countries where people are challenged with not having enough food to begin with but we are shipping them over here. Europe signed up to the Mercosur deal and said we would get them in shape and operating to a satisfactory standard but these issues are not being discussed.