Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

It is a general question. I raised this with the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, on 30 April. I said we needed to have inspections of meat factories. He accused me of smearing the meat factories and the employers. Why were they so defensive? Deputy Bríd Smith made the point about neglect in the third biggest sector in terms of clusters. Why have previous Governments proved so defensive of the sector?