Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Pat Sheahan:
That is correct. As I say, the industry has stepped up. It is primarily owned by the co-ops and farmers' money has been used to put that in place. Mr. Mulvihill made the point about the equivalent of Aurivo's volume being lost last year. That means inefficiency with milk going through plants and the cost of production increasing. There is much capacity in the dryers, of six and eight tonnes. They will not be viable to run with reduced volumes of milk. There will potentially be casualties in that. The costs of production will go up, which will back up to milk prices.