Dáil debates

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

3:00 pm

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

We will exit quota and quota increases in the coming four or five years. Does the Minister have any specific plans to deal with the extra quota coming on board, especially in the context of trading? Naturally, there is vast sectoral protectionism in this industry. Has there been some effort to try to get so-called "co-opetition" between processors in the long-term such that they could come together in a joined-up way to process and market produce? If the Minister intends to roll out this level of milk production what we have is a good indicator but we must know how the Minister intends to ease into the approach post-quota.

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