Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I welcome RGDATA to today's meeting. I read and listened with interest to what the delegation had to say. There are two issues here, namely, the local supplier providing locally to a retailer and winter liquid milk producers supplying the multiples and the small shops who claim they are doing so at an ever decreasing margin. The latter claim that it will come to a point where there will not be enough winter milk and people will have to buy UHT, ultra-heat treatment, milk. Most Irish consumers would be stunned to think that they would ever have to buy UHT milk to put on their Cornflakes rather than fresh milk.

We are also talking about major sectors of the economy that supply retailers of all types. We want to ensure that it continues to be profitable for Irish farmers to produce high-quality food for sale. As RGDATA pointed out in its submission, there are many challenges on the way. Is it correct that the wholesaler for SuperValu is Musgraves?