Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
2:00 am
Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
I want to talk about the Agri-Food Regulator. One of the key tasks for it is that there is a significant mark-up on the price of beef in supermarkets. The farmer keeps the animal for over three years, or thereabouts. He receives €7.50 per kilo. Supermarkets at the moment are selling at a price in the region of €23 per kilo. What role does the Agri-Food Regulator have in respect of identifying the significant mark-up and producing data or a report in respect of the profits taken from a slice of that particular pie?
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