Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the urgent matter of the undesirability of Brazilian beef being allowed enter the food chain within the European Union, particularly in Ireland, given that standards and compliance rules governing Irish farmers are higher and more transparent than those to which their counterparts in Brazil are subject. Is the Government aware that the Food Safety Authority is not fully implementing the legislation which demands that country of origin labelling is brought to the notice of all patrons in hotels and restaurants? Is the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food aware that Irish weanling producers are losing more than €100 per head compared with this time last year as a result of Brazilian beef imports into the European Union?

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