Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Matt ShanahanMatt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Healy's comments regarding inspections, to which I alluded earlier. I ask the witnesses from MII share to the information gleaned from the rapid antigen test pilot programme with me and the committee.

In respect of the overall beef market, in the context the abolition of milk quotas there has been quite a ramp up in milk production and consequently in beef capacity. Does MII intend to revisit the issue of below-cost selling of meat? Has it looked at any initiatives to try to arrive at an open-book price for meat and to get Retail Ireland members to agree not to sell below cost? Perhaps something could be done in this area in conjunction with Government. I recently asked the Government to consider reintroducing the beef exceptional aid measure, BEAM, scheme which is needed for farmers. Would MII support that?

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