Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 March 2007

 

Genetically Modified Organisms.

3:00 pm

Photo of Trevor SargentTrevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

Does the Minister of State accept that a mandate was given to the Government for Ireland to be GM-free in the 1997 election manifesto on which it stood before the people? Is there any basis for this now? Does the Government respect the local authorities which have decided democratically that their areas should be GM-free? Does it respect the Hungarian decision that I mentioned? It is a GM-free decision that the Council of Ministers decided to uphold. Moreover, Austria, Italy and Greece——

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