Michelle Mulherin (Fine Gael)
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It is a huge debate but, in fairness, people have to get protein from somewhere and we predominantly get it from meats in this country. I know there are other options as well. If we are talking about the food crops that provide protein, I do not know to what extent they are grown here, but they are generally grown in the tropics, so we would be taking them from areas where people need food to begin with. One cannot just say that if we stopped feeding cattle it would solve the problem of world hunger, because that could cause chaos if Mr. Lalor does not mind me saying so.