Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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Dr. McLoughlin has somewhat answered where my question was going. If we had a magic wand and if the directive or the EU's attitude were to change, it would not be a carte blancheCRISPR-Cas9 that would be acceptable to the witnesses. They would want to see it defined as non-crossing of genes. They would want it to stay within the gene of the specific plant or animal.