Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Ms Sinéad McPhillips:
In 2015, we definitely did not anticipate Brexit occurring and most certainly not in the catastrophic way we are seeing it emerge. When we look behind the SWOT analysis, its detailed 400 recommendations are focused on efficiency, effectiveness, innovation and developing new markets. Those are still key priorities in addressing both environmental and Brexit challenges.
We will begin the process of revisiting the SWOT analysis later this year. There are points of emphasis on which we differ. However, we would not make any great changes in terms of the actions arising from it and the implementation of those actions, other than changing emphasis.