Luxembourg agreement disappoints milk sector
On the livestock side, the Irish Meat Association said Minister Walsh and his officials made progress in diluting the impact of the original proposals, particularly in regard to full decoupling and degressivity.
Donal Cashman, president of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS), the umbrella body for the country's co-ops, described the outcome in Luxembourg as severely disappointing for the dairy sector. He said it will result in a 19% price cut, 4% higher than the 15% agreed in 1999.
