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

There is no doubt about that level of awareness in the European Union. One of the Brexit strategies we deployed was increasing awareness of our unique exposure to the UK market and this is clearly understood. There is less understanding of the immediate difficulties we face because Brexit has not happened yet and the consequences cannot be felt. However, the reality is there is a market sentiment associated with Brexit and sterling which is currently having an impact. We are prosecuting the case with officials from the Commission. We have been doing other things such as on areas of natural constraint and with the beef environmental efficiency producer organisations to build resilience within the sector in terms of what we can do ourselves. It is a comprehensive response but a significant part of the strategy is a response from the Commission to our proposals and we await that.

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