Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

(a) To delete the words “introduce a beef market index and require processors to publish weekly price reports;” and substitute the following:“— establish a beef market observatory to require processors to publish daily price reports to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding:

— the prices for cattle (euros per kilogram) established on that day, categorised by:

— type of purchase;

— the quantity of cattle purchased;

— a range of the estimated live weights of the cattle purchased;

— an estimate of the percentage of the cattle purchased that were of a quality grade of choice or better; and

— any premiums or discounts associated with:

— weight, grade or yield; or

— any type of purchase; and the quantity of cattle delivered to the processor (quoted in numbers of herd) on that day, categorised by:

— type of purchase;

— the quantity of cattle delivered on a live weight basis; and

— the quantity of cattle delivered on a dressed weight basis; and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall make the information available to the public every reporting day;”;

(b) To insert the following after “Hen Harrier Programme;”:“— adequately uphold the Farmers Charter of Rights;”; and(c) To insert the following after “while reviewing the fallen animal scheme.”:“— carry out a study on how the family farming model can be preserved in the face of the increasing prevalence of feedlots.”

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