An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-05-10
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

I raised the matter of the pig industry with the Taoiseach several weeks ago. The Irish Farmers Association and other farming organisations as well as individual pig farmers are protesting at four processing plants today. When is the Government going to do something meaningful to rescue our pig industry? We only have a certain number of pig farmers now and, as I said previously, the Taoiseach will not act until there are no rashers for his breakfast roll. He talked about lettuce to me the last day. These people have given gallant service and provided significant employment but they are on their knees. The Government keeps talking but there are funds in Europe for which we have not yet applied. The pig farmers need assistance. Indeed, they needed it two or three months ago, not just talk about it. The Taoiseach must act and he must ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to act as well.

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