Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If the Chair does not mind, I have one more question. In this whole debate, the study we are doing is to put a report together with regard to the derogation going forward. At what point of the discussion does food security come into play? We have the farmer side and we have the witnesses’ side. Leaving the fact that both sides have a serious and vested interest, Joe Public is outside and needs to be fed going forward – a growing population. Where will we get that happy medium where we can increase the quality of the water, increase or maintain our biodiversity but, at the same time, meet the food production demands of a growing world population?