An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-29
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Mattie McGrath (IND), Tipperary

The Rural Independent Group is demanding an immediate debate on the crisis facing the pig industry today. If the Taoiseach cares to see them, members of the industry are protesting outside the gates of Leinster House. They are not known for protesting but their family lives, their incomes and their industry are on the line. The paltry €7 million offered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, is an insult to them. They need a package of €50 million and a further €50 million that they intend to pay back. What other group in society has paid back money it got in Covid supports? It is a crisis that the Taoiseach does not seem to recognise and the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, will not recognise until he does not have any rashers for his breakfast roll.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-29