Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister's attitude to the latest EU meeting, in celebrating the failure of the EU to agree a system in which we would be incentivising a reduction in milk supply, is a little like the fellow who is laughing at the funeral and crying at the wedding. While there are many circumstances in which such a reaction might be appropriate, it is not the norm.

The Minister's reaction is out of kilter. While we can look at the overall issue - the rights and wrongs of quotas and of incentivising people not to produce something, and the madness of that-----

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