Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Joe Burke:

The 38,000 tonnes is the potential volume; it is the potential quota on top of the existing access they have. We will be closely watching their utilisation of that. For example, if they continue to only use half of their previous volume and run around along those levels, the impact on the market will not be that significant. However, if they start to utilise more and send in bigger volumes, it will get even more competitive, unfortunately. We will continue to monitor that situation.