Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

2:00 am

Paraic Brady (Fine Gael)

As was said, the regulator has dealt with the egg and the horticulture sectors to date. When do the witnesses see the regulator having the teeth to deal with the beef sector? In this sector, we have a fifth quarter, regarding the offal and the tongue, that is sold into Asian markets that a farmer in this country does not actually get paid for. There are unfair practices within the beef sector, when we see the fifth quarter being sold globally and yet the farmer in this country has not been paid for it. Do the witnesses see the regulator engaging with Meat Industry Ireland, MII, and processors regarding the meat sector in the future?

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