Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 July 2003

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements.

 

Before Commissioner Fischler put his proposals in January I established, commissioned and paid for a Prospectus report on the dairy industry. That study pointed out the insane policy we have pursued in the dairy industry of shovelling more and more milk products into intervention. We must get away from that. We must also share facilities. There is no point in Connacht Gold, Lakeland Dairies, Arrabawn and Glanbia all having their own little processing units. We cannot afford that because we must remove costs from the processing side of the industry.

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