Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Organic Farming: Discussion

Ms Gillian Westbrook:

It is not so much about there being one place to kill. There are other places to go with the cattle but, generally, a monopoly is not ideal. We have spoken to the processor - I will not name them as it would be inappropriate to do so - and they have basically said that if they can get more product in, they can go for larger markets, which is an interesting point. At the moment, the main processor in organics can only go to relatively small markets and not some of the larger well-known European supermarkets because they do not have enough product. At the moment it is still relatively small.

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