Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion

Mr. Richard O'Connor:

In our case, because we are finishing earlier and have agreed a process in this regard with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to try to agree and continue to assist with stakeholder buy-in into what we are doing, we will have finished ourselves by 30 April next. It is a slightly different position for retailers. As was flagged earlier, they will want to be given the opportunity to sell every bit of material which exists within their yards. If they do not, their product will be treated as a hazardous material and they will be responsible for getting rid of it as such. This will be done at a significant cost, because it will be necessary to export that material out of the country. No facility exists here to treat or incinerate it.

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