Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Dowling, Ms McPhillips and Ms Dunne for engaging with us on the important issue of the beef task force. As many contributors have said, thankfully, price is in a far better place than it was a couple of months ago. When the price dropped in February, it sent shivers up the backs of primary producers because they could see no logical reason for it. The world market was going reasonably well at the time and it really shook confidence. Thankfully, in the last two months, we have seen prices rise. As was said, it was getting to a place where people could not see beef farming being viable into the future. I thank the officials for coming today and for answering our questions in what was a fairly intensive session.

I propose we meet in private session tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. for a briefing from the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA. It relates to Thursday's meeting with representatives of the horse racing industry. Is that agreed? Agreed.