Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is significant concern about this issue and it was ventilated earlier when we discussed food poverty and the impact that has on developing countries. I would like to focus on the concerns of many groups about the watering down of this directive during the review. There has been a deal of transparency. For example, Sharon Bowles and a number of other senior MEPs have put on record the number of lobbies they have received. Will the Minister put on the record whether he has received any lobbies from the industry, who they were, the number of meeting requests and so on, and take a leaf from Sharon Bowles and others? Barclays won the award of shame last year for its speculation on food commodities. Will he confirm that none of the financial institutions the State owns or in which it has shares is involved in such speculation?

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