Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
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There is a process in place but there is a decision to be made in the next six weeks. It seems there is a strong feeling and mood across the board at this meeting that we should steer our own ship. We should put our hands up and say that Ireland wants to legislate in this regard. I do not know if the Chair wants to take a recommendation from the committee at the end of the meeting but we need to prepare some kind of message for the Department because there is a time factor here. I will get down to asking questions.

I am interested in the proposal from the Friends of Waterford. It seems to be, for want of a better term, a community-based GI committee. I am interested in how and why it has been put together. Why do the witnesses think this is the best way of protecting the GI as opposed to other ways or options of doing it? Could the witnesses say a little about that?