Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Jordan:

I concur with a lot of what the Deputy said and, importantly, in terms of calling out the quality of milk produced and the quality of farmers. Indeed, there was reference earlier to being well educated. They produce some of the best product in the world and we have called that out many times. Importantly, it is targeting that small few, as the Deputy described it, and how we focus as an industry on supporting those and not let people go out of business, if that is the situation in which they find themselves. That is very important.

Ornua is saying that while there are contracts in place, we are showing flexibility. We are changing the volume and the value of those products and prices and showing flexibility within the contract that is in place. I do not think we are holding to the letter of the law of a contract. We believe we are stepping up and supporting in some way to help them, particularly those hardship cases and the financial hardship cases.

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