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

There are two parts to my question. There has been a very significant drop in the number of suckler cows since 2009, at about 17%. Has any research been carried out on the effect of the removal of milk quotas on the suckler cow herd if people move from beef into dairying? The second part of the question relates to the effect on dairying of this transition period. What research has been done to work out the effect on dairying following the removal of quotas in 2015?

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