Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has received evidence from people who are not directly involved but are interested in this area, such as the economist Mr. Jim Power, Dr. Ciaran Fitzgerald and others. They have discovered that 100,000 jobs will be in jeopardy if we do not address this issue as soon as possible. The Commissioner has identified the matter as a European problem, but must we wait for EU guidelines? Can we not see that the Irish situation is more acute? The facts are there concerning the price differentials between what the consumer pays and what the supplier is paid. It is obvious what is occurring.

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