Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has raised this and we need to provide clarification. Mr. Michael Dowling, the chairman of the beef activation group, has been asked to review the implementation of that group's recommendations and consider some issues raised at the beef round-table conference. It has been agreed that it will meet on a quarterly basis. This reporting system will be dealt with at the next meeting. There are several issues regarding rural development, the new plans that are coming in and many other issues that were addressed at that round-table conference. I believe they were quite constructive. Anyone who participated in it, particularly those representing the industry and the farming organisations, was quite satisfied with it.

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