Plant continuity and intervention sales

Summary

Leonard proposed linking State grants to continuity of plant operations, criticising operators for selling into intervention. Deasy agreed that more effort should go into exporting beef.

Mr. Leonard

Would the Minister agree that some of the managers and operators of plants seem to be making very little effort to ensure a continuity of operation and are just creaming off into intervention? Would the Minister not agree that there should be something written into grants from the IDA and FEOGA, etc., to ensure a continuity of operation?

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

That is a separate question.

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Austin Deasy Mr. Deasy Fine Gael

I agree with the sentiments expressed by Deputy Leonard. There should be a greater effort made to export beef rather than to sell it into intervention.

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