Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests for being here. I thank Mr. Deegan for his opening statement. I have a couple of questions on it. I am trying to get my head around where the Department and the Government currently stand. He mentioned the Government decision in respect of GMOs, whereby Ireland's voting stance has moved from abstention to voting against the cultivation of GMO. Leaving aside the ECJ ruling, what would the Irish position have been with regard to new genomic techniques, NGTs? Does Mr. Deegan believe that position with regard to the ban on cultivation of GMOs would also have incorporated NGTs?