Michelle Mulherin (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These factories are all powerful and the farmer is by himself or herself. The beef forum is up in the air at present. The prices are depressed. The prospect is not good. The meat factories and processors are not paying Bord Bia to do this. The taxpayer is paying Bord Bia and the State agencies so can we not ask something of them? As I understand it, the same carcass in the UK would get €200 more. I can understand a preference for locally produced beef but there is a mutuality. Why is the fact that the prices from the processors across the board are uniform not being challenged by Bord Bia?