Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Matt Dempsey:
There are three elements. The first is emergency Exchequer support in recognition of the problems that have arisen in a restricted industry. Second, will the committee - with its reputation - recommend to the Bord Bia that the Irish label for quality assurance be confined to products with a certain percentage of Irish grain used in them? The third element has to be a really thought-out submission to Brussels calling for a dramatic reform or re-examination of the appropriateness of the tillage industry for today's market.
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