Seanad debates
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
Agriculture and Food: Statements.
I looked at the operation of a number of sheep and lamb co-ops. These people are being destroyed by bureaucracy in the sense that they make their living by buying wool and supplying veterinary products. All of those things now require two or three different trips which means that they are not in a position to supply material. If the lamb co-operative in Dingle wants to supply Beare Island with dose, dip or whatever, it must one day get the order and validate it and the next day go down to get the material. Two stages are needed and that is not right. There is no wool scouring plant in Ireland and every piece of Irish wool goes to Bradford.
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