'Rapid Response Team' to monitor agricultural input costs

The minister said there are sufficient supplies of animal feed at present, and importers are actively competing on the global market to ensure that supply continues uninterrupted
'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.

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