Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett):

I assure the Deputy that we have delivered on the programme for Government commitment. He will recall that we were in the midst of a Covid crisis for some time in the early part of the Government's term. We have come out of that well. I thank The Agile Executive, which went to great lengths to engage with stakeholders and put together this significant report, which contains a wealth of information on the wool sector and the potential direction to take. That is why we need the wool council to be formed as soon as possible. I am pleased to hear that the stakeholders are due to meet next week. Ultimately, it will be for them to decide the direction they take and to set short, medium and long-term objectives for the group.

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