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McGrath: Action needed on pig industry

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A Tipperary TD has called for the Government to address the pig industry crisis in Ireland.

Independent Mattie McGrath also wants a debate on the wider agriculture sector.

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He says business has been rushed in the Dáil as they approach recess, and the issue now won’t be dealt with until they return in September.

“I’ve been calling for a debate here for several weeks on a vital industry, our third biggest industry in agriculture, the pig industry. I’ve just been forgotten and ignored.

“And to think you are going to rise up on Thursday week and forget about the pig farmersI met many at the Clonmel show at the weekend that are just getting out of the business, who’ve been in it for generations. It’s a shocking inditement.”

The Tánaiste agreed that business has been rushed, and it is because other important legislation has taken priority.

He said in September that the members of the Dáil need to think collectively about working more on legislation as too much time is being spent on statements and show motions that have “absolutely no legal effect”

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