Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Review of Food Harvest 2020 Strategy: Discussion

2:50 pm

Photo of Susan O'KeeffeSusan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. On the issue of mandatory country of origin labelling, I had understood that all along we were hoping to have a premium for Irish produce and I wonder where that has fallen out of that argument. Perhaps I was not listening or it was not made sufficiently clear but I do not understand how it does not help the Irish dairy sector.

On the matter of pragmatism in regard to greening, on whose behalf is that pragmatism required? Do we need to lower the standards of the greening or to lower margins, or do we need to do both? What did Mr. Barry mean by that?

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