Exports Growth
Dail Éireann — 2021-12-09
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Neale Richmond (FG), Dublin Rathdown

That is really interesting. It is really drilling down into the importance of the entire brand of Ireland. Ireland is known as a good food-producing country, a sustainable food-producing country with very high standards. We saw the great opportunities that existed in respect of getting people into markets such as China and the United States over the years. It is a matter of considering co-ordination in the coming years, identifying export markets that are environmentally and economically sustainable and ascertaining how they relate to our overall political objective of maximising the potential of EU trade deals and, crucially, the potential of the EU Internal Market. The latter tends to be undermentioned. Despite Ireland’s having been a member of the EU for nearly five decades, it is not getting the most out of the EU Internal Market. We must remember this. Going into 2022, we might double our efforts in this regard.

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Sitting date: 2021-12-09