Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

What is driving a lot of what we are doing in this committee is the situation with the beef trade. Farmers are selling cattle to factories and the factories are selling the meat on. Both groups are blaming the supermarkets for the low price given to farmers but I do not believe they are to blame. Ms Tacon's office would not have a relationship with the farmers but with the factories. Is that correct?