Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)

A question I asked earlier was about the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, the omnibus and simplification. We have heard so much today from Government representatives about simplification and competitiveness. My issue is that too much importance is being placed on competitiveness and too little on the human rights concerns we have about supply chains. It is comparable to the Minister of State's earlier answer to my question about sanctions. He talks about sanctions as if the only thing we need to consider is how it affects us. This is akin to asking how much a life costs. That is what I am hearing from the Minister of State when I hear that response.

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