Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Tim LombardTim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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I ask the witnesses to reflect on the trade deals that have been agreed between New Zealand, Australia and the UK on the importation of lamb. They are quite significant. It is a different style of product, given that most of it is frozen. What pressures or quantities are going to be involved? Is the industry concerned about the backdoor effect, and lamb potentially being brought into the Republic through Northern Ireland?