Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion
3:30 pm
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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That is how it is. The committee hears regularly about the challenges in the suckler area. The margins are tight. While I take Mr. Sheehan's point, it seems unfair that by potentially influencing the price of that individual's stock being sold at this time of year or a bit earlier, it could have a knock-on effect on the viability of that herd and the viability of the farm family.