Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As a Dublin Senator from Dublin South-East I welcome Mr. Mitchell. He is always very good to us in Dublin South-East and we respect him hugely. It is great that he is here today. On an issue of less macro-importance - it may be a macro-issue for us in Ireland - I refer to an issue which the horse meat controversy has brought to light in recent weeks, namely, food labelling. I agree with Senator O'Brien's point about alcohol labelling. We could do more work on labelling information on the country of origin. I know there are hundreds of EU regulations and it may not be an issue on Mr. Mitchell's radar. However, it is an issue on which I have strong views. I do not mean to sound as if I am anti-EU but it is vital that we know where the produce comes from. Perhaps we could correspond on this matter.