Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The Minister used the phrase the distant past but one does not have to go back to 1987 to find questionable practices happening in a plant owned by this company. Two years ago, it was implicated in the horsemeat scandal. It should be recognised that the man in question was previously at the centre of a nexus relationship between agribusiness and politicians. If one reads the beef tribunal report, it pops up again and again about this man meeting Charlie Haughey in his home. Do these people have influence? The beef industry, as detailed by Deputy Pat Rabbitte in this House several years ago, made significant donations to the major establishment parties such as Fianna Fáil-----

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