Dáil debates

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate

Beef Industry

2:20 pm

Photo of Michael CollinsMichael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Farmers are very angry. Nobody wants to talk to them, or that is the way they feel, and many are taking matters into their own hands, as they did yesterday. Farmers are outside the gates of Leinster House and have been outside the factories in the last month. They feel they are going nowhere and the anger is growing. The Minister needs to wake up to the reality on the ground, which is that there is a lot of anger.

I mentioned the organic sector in the House earlier and pointed out that many farmers are trying environmental farming. Some 255 applied and only 50 were approved, so there was a refusal rate of greater than 75% in regard to organic farming. They are trying their best to move forward to a different industry.

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