Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the dairy forum is due to meet next; and the number of meetings to date since the forum was established, in tabular form. [53639/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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In 2015 my predecessor as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine established a Dairy Forum comprising relevant stakeholders to act as a vehicle for constructive engagement on issues of strategic importance to the dairy sector.  This Forum has met on a number of occasions and has provided a useful platform for discussion on issues such as market developments, sustainability, animal health, milk quality, price volatility, and CAP policy.

My Department and I are committed to working with all players in the sector to address issues as they arise, to ensure that we have a sustainable dairy sector going forward. In this regard I will call a meeting of the Dairy Forum to discuss the relevant issues as they arise.

There have been 5 meetings of the Dairy Forum (see table below).