Mr. Kieran McEvoy:

In some of those countries the Deputy talked about, the chemicals that have had their authorisation removed in Europe and Ireland, which is quite a large list, are still freely available to be used. Some of the chemicals that have been gone here for 20 years are still freely available to be used in these countries. The equivalence of standard is not there. That is why I said we are still some of the best tillage farmers in the world. It is just that our hands are tied.