Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Fergal Byrne:
Yes. At this stage, those lambs are only 30 kg. They are only coming fit from Christmas onwards, basically, depending on how they were fed. Now they will not be coming fit until 1 February because a new date has been created with the fodder scheme because that cannot be grazed until 1 January. Those lambs are only going onto that at-----