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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: How does that work in practice? How is that done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: To be quite honest, it is at times like this that I wish I had paid more attention in biology class. In fairness, Dr. Badmi makes is sound very simple. It is just that I am not fully sure if it has sunk in yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I get that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps Dr. Harrison wants to come in on this. The obvious concern, which is the one that is raised most often, both in terms of the older GMO technology, as it has been described, but it will apply equally here, is that changes made to one crop might have an unforeseen implication either for other crops, biodiversity, climate or something else. There could be some knock-on consequence for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: One of the main arguments traditionally made against GMO relates to corporate influences, as Dr. Doyle Prestwich mentioned in her opening remarks. We have all heard stories of the power of companies such as Monsanto and the control they have over farmers in particular. Farmers are penalised for seed leakage, for example, and there is a significant level of control whereby farmers and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank our guests for being here. I thank Mr. Deegan for his opening statement. I have a couple of questions on it. I am trying to get my head around where the Department and the Government currently stand. He mentioned the Government decision in respect of GMOs, whereby Ireland's voting stance has moved from abstention to voting against the cultivation of GMO. Leaving aside the ECJ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: A better way of putting it is to ask whether, prior to the ECJ ruling, it was the Irish position that NGTs were incorporated in our stance on GMOs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before Ms Fleming comes in, Mr. Deegan mentioned in his opening statement that several member states have expressed a desire to amend EU legislation to facilitate the registration of NGTs for possible cultivation and use in the EU. Is Ireland one of those states?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am not sure whether Mr. Deegan answered my question on whether Ireland was one of the states that has expressed a desire to amend EU legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: To clarify matters again, is Ireland among the member states that have expressed a desire to amend EU legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am talking about products that are banned for the purposes of cultivation but which can be imported as products. I am talking about products that were produced using GMO technology that is banned here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is that the case regardless of the fact that their production involved methods that are banned in Europe:?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I know the witnesses cannot deal with policy, but this is quite telling. If something is harmful to the environment in Europe, it would also be harmful to the environment in the United States or Argentina, for example, but I accept that the officials cannot deal with that issue. I want to move on to Teagasc now. Professor O'Mara has been unequivocal in stating his belief that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am sorry to interrupt but did it eliminate the need for pesticides entirely? When Dr. Mullins says ten sprays, what does he mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: It only went down to ten sprays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is that in percentage increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. I thank Ms Fleming. What is the position of the Department in respect of the issue I mentioned at the earlier hearing, that is, GM crops that are currently banned for cultivation in Ireland and Europe being permitted for importation? I suspect the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, above all Departments, has strong views on that. Is that a fair or sustainable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a tangential question for Teagasc, in particular. Its representatives were invited in on a different pretext so are entitled not to answer it, but it concerns the debate this week on the ongoing emergency with regard to food production, potential food shortages, input costs and all of that. Teagasc will have a critical role in advising Government, farmers and all of us on meeting...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Matt Carthy: The most frustrating and angering part of being a Deputy is when one is dealing with parents who are getting in touch in order to expedite getting healthcare for their children. It has to be said that no parents should have to contact any elected representative to tell that representative the most intimate details of the medical needs of their child to try to secure disability or...