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
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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We will be having difficult conversations in the coming weeks as there does not appear to be a silver bullet to bring stability to the markets. Is it sustainable to continue to kill in excess of 35,000 cattle per week? Are our numbers too high in that regard? Where does the Department see our suckler numbers in 2030 compared with now?