Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

As with any regime change, one would hope there are plans for force majeure events. This has been ten years in the making.

I welcome the clear statement and, frankly, I hope it is true. This legislation was on the Order Paper when I came into this House, then it was taken off and it has appeared again. The confusion relating to this is genuine and, from the point of view of a spokesperson on agriculture, there has been no legislation on agriculture, fisheries, forestry or food in the past 12 months. For this reason I hope the statement is genuine and I look forward to the legislation.

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