Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Barry Finnegan:

I agree with the values set out by Deputy Lawlor. In terms of small farmers, this trade deal has nothing to do with small farmers except to make their lives more difficult. In America, some sheds house 100,000 head of cattle and the animal health and safety standards are very low when compared with those in Ireland.