Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Organic Farming Scheme: Organic Farmers Representative Body
10:00 am
Mr. Enda Monaghan:
Thanks to us, because it was us that got ordinary marts to sell organic cattle. They were telling us we could only sell organic stock at an organic mart and they would have to be there to certify everything. We did a bit of research ourselves and in England there was no need for that. We went ahead and showed our research to the Minister, who allowed us to have our own marts. That brought down our costs as well.
There are lots of things they implement and if they get away with it, they get away with it.
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