Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The joint committee met representatives of the beef processors last year. What is evident from that engagement and from the current roundtable circus is that the contribution from representatives from beef factories has been clouded and evasive to say the least. What is the situation regarding slaughtered cattle? Will we receive as part of the new transparency which we have yet to see a weekly report on the number of cattle slaughtered and on inter-trading between the meat factories?

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