Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Overseas Development Aid: Teagasc
9:30 am
Billy Lawless (Independent)
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I come from an agricultural background. I am interested to hear about the diversity about which Professor Boyle spoke, especially in relation to the potato, given the experience here during the Famine. Most conflicts throughout the world today cause displacement and hunger among refugees and global change.
The delegates have given excellent answers. I congratulate all of them for the work they have done and the example they give. It is important that Ireland and Teagasc give example to the rest of the world. We are living in a funny world, especially in Europe with right-wing parties and anti-immigrant and anti-refugee movements, the rise of which is worrying.