Peadar Clohessy
Question:162 Mr. Clohessy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the steps, if any, being taken to have the EU export refunds fully restored. [3472/96]
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162 Mr. Clohessy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the steps, if any, being taken to have the EU export refunds fully restored. [3472/96]
I assume the Deputy is referring to export refunds on cattle and beef.
Last autumn the EU Commission cut export refunds on a number of occasions in order to bring about a more orderly flow of export licence applications in this the first year of the GATT Agreement. Since then I have done everything possible to get refunds back to levels which would provide reasonable returns to beef producers, and in particular winter fatteners.