Dr. Barry O'Reilly:

NGTs by their nature do not contain any foreign genes. In terms of category 1 NGT plants, they are the category we are really talking about here. They are considered to be conventional plants. At the moment we have conventional crops being grown alongside organic crops so that is happening already. Essentially, growing NGT plants will not really change that. To go back to the Deputy's previous point about safety of NGTs, it also must be borne in mind that there is a lot of general legislation - food and food safety legislation - that has to be complied with before a feed product or a food product can be placed on the market. Any products, whether they be products produced from NGT plants or from conventional plants, have to meet very strict food and feed safety requirements before they are placed on the market.