Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

When the proposals are published, will the Minister ensure they are debated in the House because this is a major issue? There is always the danger that as the notion of renewable energy is promoted, we could create imbalance and unfairness elsewhere. Perhaps the Minister will elaborate on what he thinks the EU could do to ensure the poorest people of the world are not put at a great disadvantage as the battle develops between the use of land for food and the use of land for fuel. Grant aid alone is not an effective way to address this issue. Presumably, more effective measures could be used.

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