Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary)
3:00 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Deputy Pringle is asking questions that seem to imply we have been doing nothing; far from it. We have had the foresight to invest significantly and to respond to what the market is demanding. Leaving aside the legally binding obligations and financial framework we subject to under the Paris Agreement, this is also a market imperative. Buyers in high added-value markets are increasingly asking about sustainability, animal welfare standards and antimicrobial resistance. These are the issues that are asked about in the markets we want to be in. We are good and we will be better.
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