Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Live Exports: Discussion
Mr. Seamus Scallan:
Yes. Another problem is now coming down the line, which we must address and into which we must get the people who represent us to look. We ship three decks of calves out on the trucks, 100 calves to a deck, for a total of 300 calves. Different people in Europe are trying to bring in a law whereby calves coming from Ireland or anywhere else will have to be transported on only two decks. This will mean 33% fewer calves per truck. Coming back to the farmers again, it will not be me who loses out, but the farmers. We will only be able to go out with two thirds as many calves if this legislation comes in.