Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

2:30 pm

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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My main concern relates to cost recovery and what this will actually mean for farmers. I see that, in the context of meat inspections, only 52% of the cost is recovered currently. Is it intended that cost recovery will extend down onto farms rather than meat factories, as is the current position? Could a farm be described as a micro-enterprise and be exempt from inspection?