Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government contains a commitment to the phasing out of fur farms. This this is very welcome because there are obvious ethical and environmental reasons for doing so. However, recent reports from across Europe of Covid being found on mink farms and the very worrying reports from Denmark where there appears to be a mutant version of the coronavirus having spread from mink to humans indicate there is a much more urgent need to ban mink farms in Ireland. Will the Taoiseach move immediately to legislate to ban fur farming in Ireland and transition those farms currently in production out of production?

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