Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed)

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

Fair play. What is occurring is a disgrace. There are clear increases in outputs and emissions. There has been an increase in the transportation of slurry across the country and a decrease in income. That has been the case for a long time, including in recent years. We have a premium product being sold at the average EU price. While I absolutely hear what the IFA is stating, Food Wise 2025 needs to be revisited. We have been saying the Government needs to do so. The climate committee has also been stating it. Everything needs to be revisited. The basic policy structure associated with farming needs to be revisited. We need to change tack because the current approach is not serving us.

I was shocked to hear that the number of family farms had decreased to 100,000.

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