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- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Charlie McConalogue: ...input costs as well as lower prices which are below the record levels achieved in recent years. As we all know, market prices are a commercial matter and not set by the Government, and the Government does not have a role in determining commodity prices in the sheep sector or in any other sector. However, it is heartening to see that the live and finished trades have improved somewhat in...
- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Paul Daly: ...a profitable product again. I welcome the funding for schemes. There has been a great deal of debate about them. Depending on who one talks to, for example, the €12 per ewe under the sheep improvement scheme does not go far enough. It is an improvement, though. Ultimately, it is also a welfare scheme, in that the money goes towards the enhancement of animal welfare. Animal...
- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Lynn Boylan: ...regard. It is a significant milestone. Wool prices have been falling for years. Reports have suggested that farmers are willing to give away their wool because the price they have been receiving does not even cover the cost of a shear. Wool used to be a very valuable commodity from which farmers could earn an additional income. Now it is an additional cost. Wool has an incredible...
- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Pauline O'Reilly: .... Sheep's wool is one of these natural fibres and its renewable resources are widely used in a range of applications, as I have mentioned, insulation being one. That is not to say that it does not have an environmental or carbon footprint, but it is part of nature's shorter term cycle than, for example, fossil fuel-based products, so it cannot be put into the same category, and it is...
- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Erin McGreehan: ...sector. We have been talking about it for months. Low prices have been a long-standing issue. There is some talk of a small increase in price but it is not enough and the Minister knows it. It does not compensate for the hardship caused. It has been compounded by factors like the increased competition from overseas producers, pressures from retailers and the saturation of the domestic...
- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Regina Doherty: ...scheme this year. I have no doubt it is a financial support where €12 per breeding ewe is much needed, but I agree with the members of the sheep farming community that it is not enough. It does not even allow them to break even let alone make a profit, and I do not know any businessman or woman in this country who is in business to lose money. Everybody is in business for the...
- Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)
Eugene Murphy: ...contractors and the merchants, all of whom have been well supported locally by sheep farmers. It is important that when we talk about sheep farming, we realise that, if that business goes down or does not improve to the extent we would like it to, there will be a knock-on consequence not alone for the sheep-farming community but for many other people throughout the farming sector. Over...