Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Martin O'Brien:

From our understanding, there are a couple of different factors, including the following. On the Continent, there are some elements of disease that have restricted production in this sector over the last year or two. Longer term, there might be other issues with respect to how the sector is changing overall that could influence a lower structural level of supply into the future. At the moment, it is very hard to pinpoint a particular reason.