Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I understand why we need to get rid of ragwort. However, has the Minister of State informed the consultants — I am staggered that consultants must be employed to get rid of a weed — that there is a caterpillar whose only food source is ragwort? Has she ensured that the consultants understand the importance of ensuring, while the cattle are not poisoned, that the caterpillar survives?

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