Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Impact of Trade Deals on Agriculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

2:00 am

Photo of William AirdWilliam Aird (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I will ask another question for whoever wants to answer. Why is the EU prioritising access to beef from South America at a time when Irish and EU farmers are being asked to do more sustainability? In other words, has Ireland used enough influence to slow or oppose the ratification of this deal? We met people on this already and I asked the very same question of representatives who came over here from the EU.