Avril Doyle
Ceist:153 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the feed equalisation measures, if any, he proposes for our pig producers to remove the competitive disadvantage with mainland EU producers.
Vol. 442 No. 5
153 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the feed equalisation measures, if any, he proposes for our pig producers to remove the competitive disadvantage with mainland EU producers.
I have recently asked my Department to study how competitive disadvantages in feed costs between Irish pig producers and pig producers in other member states can be overcome. That study is not yet complete.