Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The last question relates to powdered milk. The Government encourages Irish mothers and women living in Ireland to feed their children by breast-feeding. That is a high priority and financial resources have been put into that. How do we square that with the fact that Ireland increasingly is becoming a large supplier of powdered milk to the global south and to China? They do not have the same protections around advertising there. Advertising powdered milk below follow-on formula is banned here so it cannot even be advertised. That is not the situation in the countries to which Ireland exports powdered milk. Given the impact dairy has on our carbon emissions, how is that circle squared? Is the Minister comfortable with the fact they we promote powdered milk to newborns in the global south?