Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What is the Government going to do about the cartel-like system in the beef industry where the same feeder groups are getting the high prices? At the end of the year when they are audited and do their accounts, they have an average price, but if the company is audited and the beef factories are audited, it will show that the same suppliers all year round are getting the high prices and the beef farmers who want to sell their cattle are always getting the low prices. The Minister should take out the average price, go in and audit who is getting the high prices all the time and who has the highest farm payment coming in in the country, and find out if the feeder farms into those factories are always getting the high prices and leaving the genuine farmers who have beef with the low prices.

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