Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland

9:00 am

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have come a long way from the 1930s when we were sending live exports; now we are sending it chilled and boned. It is not just that it is the number one export, the fact that it accounts for one quarter of our product is a startling figure.

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