Dáil debates
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Sheepmeat Sector
11:20 am
Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The income of sheep farmers is less than half the average industrial wage. I note the age profile of sheep farmers, one third of whom are well over 65. Typically, they are older than the average farmer. People will not be farming always and there are not new entrants to farming. They do not see it as a viable enterprise. What steps is the Minister taking to make sheep farming be seen as a viable enterprise?
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