Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Jordan:

Our view is this is a particular issue, as the Chairman outlined at the beginning, for those with serious financial hardship. Collectively, we need to step up and support those and target those individuals in particular. We believe the offer Ornua has made to the co-ops is a part of that solution. As I have said many times, farmers, co-ops, Ornua and other fixed-price customers need to play their part. We believe the offer we have made goes some way towards allowing co-ops potentially to target those specific hardship cases.