date:May 24, 2012
w 40,000 jobs across the dairy sector; 7,000 in processing and manufacturing; 16,000 dairy farmers; and another 17,000 jobs in farm supplies, machinery, labouring and other secondary areas.
We have had no dairy growth in the EU since 1984. It cannot happen incrementally due to quota restrictions. It has to happen overnight in 2015, and there will be a big wall of milk to deal with in year one.
To fund this expansion, Mr Fitzgerald suggested the Government should seek an EU short-term growth fu