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:
Certainly in 2022, there have been exceptional circumstances. As alluded to by the Cathaoirleach, there are hardship cases where those that have extreme volumes linked into these fixed price contracts are in financial hardship. We are absolutely on the page that as an industry, whether it is farmers, co-ops, Ornua or other customers on the fixed price contracts, we need to step up and support them. That is not about every litre of milk in Ireland that is on a fixed price contract. It is about sustaining those farming families that are suffering financial or personal hardship.
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