Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Lorcan McCabe:

I will just add a little on the PGI. There obviously are traits to Irish farming that show in our grass-fed beef, our Bord Bia exports and in the sale of Kerrygold all over the world. It has worked extremely well for the latter product. Kerrygold brand foodstuffs are worth twice as much as those of competitors in the USA and New York. I hope this status will work as well for beef, although it probably will not. The PGI will, however, apply to 70% of all livestock. We are all in this together. That is how I look at it.

In case it is not raised later, I would like the opportunity to address the area of milk processing, including the logistics of cross-border milk processing. May I do that now or later on?

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