Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Mark Christal:

I wish to make this really clear. It goes back to the comment and point that I hopefully got across in discussing this issue with the Senator earlier. It is not about ten employees being a barrier. If a new processor were to come to us and tell us that company was going to process sheep or goat milk and turn it into cheese, or some other product, and then try to sell it, even on the domestic market initially and then look to somewhere like Germany or wherever else, we would be very open to supporting such a processor. What we cannot support, because our remit does not permit us, is the primary production. I refer to the on-farm activity.

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