Seanad debates
Tuesday, 24 February 2004
Order of Business.
2:30 pm
Joe O'Toole (Independent)
——and the right to seek employment in this country. This is not an anti-immigrant policy. These matters must be properly structured. I have frequently criticised the Government's immigration policy but this would not be a basis for further criticism.
With respect to our colleague from France in the Visitors Gallery, every time I go to France I find Irish meat cheaper there than in Ireland. Two weeks ago Irish beef was selling there at €5.80 per kilo and two months previously I found Irish lamb selling there for 50% less than in Ireland. The IFA has been canvassing on this issue recently, but what is the solution to this problem and how can we support the Irish farmer?
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