'Rapid Response Team' to monitor agricultural input costs

Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue said fertiliser merchants have indicated there are currently adequate supplies of fertiliser in Ireland. File picture: Conor Ó Mearáin
A Rapid Response Team has been established within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to actively monitor the impact of rising input costs in the farming and agri-food sectors.
Minister Charlie McConalogue told Clare TD Joe Carey in a written reply to a recent Dáil question that the team is headed by the Department’s Secretary General Brendan Gleeson.