Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Dairy Industry: Irish Farmers Association

2:00 pm

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I thank the representatives from the IFA for their attendance. Mr. Cashman touched on the issue of 10%. The sheep are divided and so is the dairying but it is much more imbalanced. That is critical. It is interesting what was said about the incentives that were put into the British liquid milk system to prevent the scare of not having fresh milk available. It may seem inconceivable here but it is still possible. I am aware that Deputy Deering is actively involved in this. I am quite taken by the suggestion to devise a suite of long-term volatility coping solutions. That is something at which we should look. Only a Corkman could come out with that but it is very good and I think it is something-----