Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I am about to put a question to him, in a sense. It will be necessary to mount a major diplomatic offensive in respect of this matter. I served as Minister of State with responsibility for trade in the 1990s when the BSE crisis struck. We brought in vets from Iran and elsewhere to prove that the quality of food in this country is good.

This is a national emergency. It is the most serious challenge the country has ever faced.