James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the misleading of consumers and the threat to the income of our farmers caused by the false country of origin labelling by Bord Bia; the threat to the viability of our economy given the lack of return to the State from stamping foods from outside the country as Irish; when this practice is likely to be curbed in the interest of the livelihoods of farmers; and the urgent need to support Ireland in this time of economic recession with a full and genuine effort to encourage people to buy Irish in the full knowledge that they are doing so rather than buying items such as chicken which are labelled as Irish products but which may, in fact, have been reared in Northern Ireland or elsewhere.

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