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"Mr President, I also voted against the Liese report.
We have to be very careful. Whether we like it or not, we live in Huxley's Brave New World. We need to be very careful about the kind of power and leeway we give to scientists.
I find the kind of lobbying that went on grossly offensive, using illnesses such as Alzheimer's – which my father died from – as an excuse to go ahead with embryo stem cell research. Many scientists have said that in the case of Alzheimer's adult stem cells are more reliable.
It is completely unacceptable that European taxpayers' money should be used to fund something that is not allowed in some Member States. If Member States want to do it, let them use their own taxpayers' money, not funds that are for the whole of the European Union.
If Mr Ó Neachtain feels so strongly about this, let him resign from his party if his government will not vote against this in the Council of Ministers. The Irish Government must vote against this! There is no point in making a lot of loud statements here if the government will not follow through on what it is supposed to do and support Germany and the other countries that are opposed. That is the only logical and honest approach."@en1
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