Task force needed to deal with fodder crisis, warns Moynihan

Ireland needs a task force to deal with immediate impacts of the fodder crisis and to develop a credible plan for future years, says Fianna Fáil’s Michael Moynihan.

The North Cork TD said that if this crisis was impacting upon a multinational with €9bn in exports, every effort would be made to protect it. He wants similar protection for the indigenous agri-food industry.

“We have been talking for a month in relation to this crisis, and it has just kept escalating ever since,” said Mr Moynihan. “The industry needs to sit down with all the stakeholders. We need a task force or a co-ordinating committee.”