Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Beef and Livestock Sector: Discussion

4:35 pm

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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I can see what could be wrong with exporting mature animals to the Continent because they would be killed there and would be competing with Irish animals killed here but if they are going to a third country like Libya, what is wrong with exporting 12 year old cows if that is what they are looking for over there?