Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said a review of the quality assurance scheme was under way. We never needed the quality assurance scheme as much as we need it now. To encourage farmers to participate fully in the scheme, all animals which come from a quality assured farm should receive some level of bonus. At the moment the scheme is restricted to certain grades of animals that are slaughtered. McDonalds uses the quality assurance scheme to advertise its food and it creates a huge boost to its sales but the farmer who sells that quality assured beef receives no bonus. It is time all animals from a quality assured farm qualified for some bonus under the scheme.

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