Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion
4:15 pm
Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael)
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A specification came in suddenly for Northern Ireland. They are being killed at a discount in Northern Ireland. It is affecting the marts. The Northern buyers are not coming down to buy Southern cattle anymore because when they bring it back up, it is being discounted when they try to sell it to a factory.