Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion

Mr. Sean Coughlan:

The changes to the index are largely coming from the changes to the economic values. That is a matter of fact; it is nothing something somebody can just come up with. That is why we were real with the experts, through Dr. Crosson, in coming up with the economic values that are applied to the indexes. Those figures come from the CSO and research. It is not a matter opinion, fortunately.