Farm organisations have been called out for their involvement in proposals for a cow cull scheme, with Minister McConalogue insisting they did not come from government.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday.
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The IFA has reacted furiously to suggestions by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue that it had a part to play in dairy cull proposals.
In the Dáil on Wednesday, Minister McConalogue pointed the finger at the IFA and ICMSA, stating they were part of the Food Vision dairy group and that it “recommended that we should explore the option of a voluntary reduction scheme”.
IFA deputy president Brian Rushe hit back at the minister, accusing him of constructing stakeholder groups and then using them as a “political mudguard for himself”.
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He warned that the minister’s suggestion that farm organisations were involved in proposing a cow cull creates “huge mistrust”.
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Farm organisations have been called out for their involvement in proposals for a cow cull scheme, with Minister McConalogue insisting they did not come from government.
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The IFA has reacted furiously to suggestions by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue that it had a part to play in dairy cull proposals.
In the Dáil on Wednesday, Minister McConalogue pointed the finger at the IFA and ICMSA, stating they were part of the Food Vision dairy group and that it “recommended that we should explore the option of a voluntary reduction scheme”.
IFA deputy president Brian Rushe hit back at the minister, accusing him of constructing stakeholder groups and then using them as a “political mudguard for himself”.
He warned that the minister’s suggestion that farm organisations were involved in proposing a cow cull creates “huge mistrust”.
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