Bord Bia: Motion [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-04
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Michael Healy-Rae (IND), Kerry

It is a thing you are concerned about. I just want to say I have great respect for the IFA, and its members know that. The Minister alluded to it earlier when we were out at the organisation's 71st AGM, which we were very glad to be at and to be put through our paces, and rightly so, by the president and others from all the sectors of the IFA. That is our job. We are there to work for you and to represent you. I cherish IFA membership. I do have to say that one thing I will never do is mislead anybody. If the IFA wants me to give my honest opinion about this situation, if the IFA is hitching its trailer to Sinn Féin's wagon, that worries me. I will tell you why it worries me.

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