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

The beef market task force is one of the tangible outcomes of the negotiations that were held. Like all Members, I would like that task force to meet. In the interim, as we try to bridge difficulties, which I will deal with briefly, there has been bilateral engagement between the chairman and all the constituent members.

It is not true to say that no progress has been made. We have had publication of the beef market price index, we have had tenders issued by agreement with all the parties bilaterally to commission studies that were agreed at the talks, and we have had a whole host of other arrangements and public consultations on unfair trading practices, with the idea of a regulator for the sector.

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