Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions

Live Exports

5:25 pm

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We told the industry clearly that we would not levy the charge that we had been levying, provided the exporters themselves organised additional capacity. We met them well in advance of this spring's calving season. Notwithstanding that, the facts show that the numbers are increasing significantly. I would like to see the industry organised sufficiently and co-operating together to increase the calf export potential but that has not happened. It is not the function of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to spend Irish taxpayers' money providing lairage facilities in a third country. We do not provide lairage facilities in Ireland, not to mind providing them for private business in France.

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