Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Mr. Price talked about some countries that grow their own grain. At the moment, some countries are in difficulty, while the likes of vegetable growers in north County Dublin are going out of business because they could not sell their vegetables. With regard to EU food policy, does Mr. Price believe countries need to have more self-sufficiency? What is his view on that? Countries were probably self-sufficient years ago. We should not be relying on carrots coming from Spain or wherever, which is how the large stores drive cheap food prices. Does Mr. Price think that is a problem?