Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State. It is a fact that three multiples control approximately 70% and five control 85%. It is also a fact that the price of dairy products at the farm gate dropped an average of 34% last year, but only 3% for the consumer. Against this background, the Minister of State claims that the Government will produce something along the lines agreed in the programme for Government, which seems to suggest a voluntary code as opposed to a statutory code.

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