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Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Daly: ...money improve animal welfare. On that subject, and product price and margins aside, the next largest issue – it is an even larger issue if you happen to be someone affected by it – affecting the sheep sector is that of dog controls. I welcome the initiatives being taken by the Minister and his ministerial colleague, Deputy Humphreys, but we need action. While the...

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...It also means the farmers get real prices for the product they produce and do not have to be price takers from the large supermarkets. I will conclude on an issue I think Senator Paul Daly brought up as well, that is, dog attacks. It is horrific to see sheep kills, 70 or 80 lambs and sheep killed by dogs, but we know also that there is the lower level issue of sheep worrying. It is...

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Kyne: ...that business is viable. If one looks at many parts of my region, the hill farms in Connemara, for example, it is quite a specific skill. If you put a lowland farmer up on the hills with a dog, the dog would get confused and the farmer would also get confused even bringing sheep down from the hills. Shepherding in particular is a skill on hills and hefting is a skill passed down from...

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