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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Agriculture Schemes

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for his decision to rule out introducing any compensation scheme for dairy farmers who wish to reduce the size of their herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18334/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister said last week that he is taking the voluntary dairy cow reduction scheme off the table. Will he explain why this is being done? Was it because Dairy Industry Ireland, which describes itself as the most influential business representative organisation in Ireland, threatened to sue the State if milk volumes for processors dropped as a consequence?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: This is another example of Deputy Murphy looking to portray somehow that there is a big industrial ethos and personality to our agricultural sector whereas the opposite is the truth. We have family farms across this country working in a co-op structure, thankfully, in the dairy sector. Under this structure, as much of the return as possible is returned to the family farms and the dairy...