Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Tillage Sector and the Nitrates Action Plan: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Joe Healy:

None of us can do that. We acknowledge the support of the committee for the weather crisis fund last year. It really helped us along the way. Now we ask for help on glyphosate and whatever help the Minister can give at European or Government level on fertiliser, the anti-dumping tariffs and import duties. Mr. Conway gave figures that fertiliser has increased from 15% of the variable costs to 40% of the variable costs. This is a big area that can help the tillage sector if the push comes on.

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