Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government has already finished the fishing industry. Following its MEPs' support for the vote in Brussels today, it is making sure it will kill off the agriculture industry as well. A total of 20% of our land and seas are to be excluded from farming or fishing, yet the Chinese are boasting they will have an extra 1 million cows in production this year. The South Americans are building up their herds. Why does the Government hate Irish farmers so much? Why does it hate Irish agriculture, which has been the backbone of our country since the foundation of the State and far beyond that? Why does it hate them so much?

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