Pressure grows on commission to boost support for Irish dairy sector

PRESSURE on the European Commission to increase its level of support measures to help Irish dairy farmers intensified yesterday.

Brian Crowley, president of the UEN group in the European Parliament, said the reality of the situation is that there has been a dramatic fall in milk prices because of falling global demands.

“Irish dairy farmers need the European Commission to increase the level of export refunds available to our farmers, as well as providing more intervention capacity to arrest the fall in milk prices and to ensure that dairy farmers secure viable and competitive prices for their milk products,” he said.