Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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At the end of the day somebody is benefiting. I am not sure anybody who has been in a supermarket right across Europe has seen any reduction, or certainly not in terms of dairy products.

Does Mr Jordan accept or believe that those farmers who are selling on a fixed price contact are losing money on the proportion of their product that has fallen under fixed price? They are selling at below the cost of production in the current climate.