Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the necessity for the Government to end its abstentionist policy on GM products and to implement the safeguard clause, as provided for in the EU Directive 2001/18/EC, in line with the unanimous decision in support of Ireland being GM-free by the Oireachtas Joint Committees on European Affairs and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and that this action be taken before time runs out at the end of this month, given that a live and viable seed, GT73, which is genetically modified rapeseed oil, could germinate here, ending our commercially advantageous and ecologically sensitive GM-free status, and be legally imported as of next month.

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