Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am disappointed by the Minister's answer on the EU. It was quick to create a plethora of competition law. An effect of competition and below cost selling is that liquid milk producers are being squeezed to the point of not making any money. The EU could very simply introduce legal controls and regulations to avoid this becoming the end result of unbridled capitalism and competition between major multiples and multinationals.

During the Minister's Presidency of the agricultural Council, will he ensure that this issue is addressed? It should be dealt with through the application of legal controls and European regulations. Thousands of them are passed every day. Could a single regulation to protect primary producers not be introduced as well? Without those producers, we would all go hungry in the long run.

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