Beef Industry
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-03
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Matt Carthy (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

A number of rules are imposed by factories on farmers. Many of them date back to the period of the BSE crisis. The most renowned of them are the 30-month and four-movement rules. They cause huge consternation for the farming community. They are seen as a way the factories manipulate prices and the market. Does the Minister have a view on these rules? Will he engage to ensure such rules are not used to distort the market?

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Sitting date: 2020-11-03