Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

This is an EU directive and we are in breach of it. As the Deputy is aware, there has been a European Court of Justice judgment against Ireland on this matter. The regulation that was signed on 11 December has been suspended for the moment, pending a review by Teagasc of the science on which it based the advice and about which there is some confusion. I believe there is a five-week——

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