Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the response. I acknowledge that sheep meat prices have increased and are at a more favourable level than before. We can agree that we hope that will continue for a long time. I welcome the work done on the review of the wool sector and it is baffling in many ways that we do not have an indigenous wool sector in the country. We are all united in seeing that develop.

What is the next step for the review? The Minister indicated that approximately 30 submissions were received. I hope some of those will outline ways in which we can develop an indigenous sector and ensure we have a sustained wool industry here, with other uses for wool. This would mean we are not dependent on markets like China, which can be extremely volatile. Will the Minister outline the next steps and the timeline for those steps?

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