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

The Minister of State said I was not listening, but I was listening carefully to what he said. Basically, he quoted various reports but gave no facts. The Minister of State also said there was a great future in this area but he has not explained what the analysis suggests about the likely drop in the suckler herd.

Of course there is a great future for dairying, subject to certain concerns I have, when we get rid of milk quotas. I welcome the end of milk quotas but it needs to be planned. What is the Government going to do at European level about the superlevy in 2013-14 and 2014-15? Will the Government get it reduced or not?

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