Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

Will the aid to private storage continue indefinitely or does it have a definitive timeline? Quotas will be abolished in 2015. Notwithstanding that we cannot foretell what will happen in global markets, the Government must take responsibility for the question that is on every farmer's lips. Will farmers be able to produce milk after 2015, notwithstanding the current difficulties? It would appear the Government has no coherent policy regarding the potential loss of many farms and an outflow from farming because we do not know what will happen in 2015. There is no sense of direction from the Government in terms of planning for that eventuality. Farmers need to get such a sense.

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