Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 July 2003

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements.

 

We have made some progress. There was much brouhaha in the beef industry over the years which was shovelling beef into intervention in the 1980s. That has stopped and now we are the biggest beef supplier by far to our nearest neighbour, the British market – over 250,000 tonnes – which is one of the world's most discerning markets. To supply the range of competitive super and hyper markets there one must be good and must produce good quality. When intervention was discontinued and it was put up to us, we were able to avail of the opportunity.

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