Environmental Policy
Seanad Éireann — 2021-06-28
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Vincent P. Martin (GP), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I have written to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission to see if we can get our bees here in Leinster House. If they are in the grounds of Leinster House we must ensure we use the native honeybee which is less aggressive, so it stings less, and is also less prone to swarming. We do not want swarming or hybridisation. In a nutshell, every beekeeper organisation, North and South, east and west, wants this to happen. The organisations want it now as 15 years is too long. They will give this their best shot but this is their last stand. They do not want to go further with this but they will feel compelled to take the case further. They will no longer stand idly by and let the native Irish honeybee disappear off the face of the Earth.

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Sitting date: 2021-06-28