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

If we are going to ban a practice, we should ban the importation of products for which the practice is used as well. Otherwise, we are putting the likes of our grain growers at a distinct disadvantage. Then, when there is an emergency, we ask why we do not have more of them. That issue needs to be addressed.

In terms of CRISPR technology, does the EU also allow the importation of products that use it in the same way as we allow GMO products to enter the EU?