Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion

Mr. Padraig McConn:

When we do go out to Europe, all the fields are massive. They are all 20 acres or 50 acres, and even then there are no fences to be seen for miles. Ireland and England are unique in this regard. We see people here fencing fields of two acres, three acres or five acres. Especially back where I come from in the west of Ireland, you would nearly stand looking at a field of 20 acres to 40 acres. They are not there. That is why they are all fenced in small parcels-----