Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion
Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Mr. Cullinan referred to markets in the UK. We all welcome the progress on the protocol. The UK is a huge importer of lamb. How are we going to keep track of whether there is significant importation coming into the Republic from the North? How will that work in the context of the protocol and free access? I have been contacted by people in the sheep industry who have been constantly complaining about UK lamb coming into the South. In the context of the protocol, however, and do not get me wrong, we welcome the protocol, does it have huge inherent dangers for the sheep trade?
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