Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the impending wipe out of the pig industry in the very near future if we do not act quickly to plug the hole in the colossal losses engulfing family pig farms around the country. Teagasc has estimated that pig farmers are losing an average of €56,000 per month, and rising. The war in Ukraine has had an impact on feed prices and Teagasc is also taking into account what is happening with energy costs. I thank the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, for his interventions, including his recent visit to Cavan and I ask the Taoiseach to give us an update on those interventions now.

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