Roscommon-Galway TD Claire Kerrane has called on Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to intervene in the ongoing dispute around fallen animals.
An ongoing dispute between knackeries and rendering plants has resulted in delays around the collection of fallen animals from farms, which Deputy Kerrane has described as ‘unacceptable’.
She said that it is crucial that the Minister takes action on this matter to see the dispute around fallen animals resolved.
Kerrane said that she had been contacted by farmers who either have had difficulty getting animals collected, or who were concerned about the serious and safety risk of leaving fallen animals on their farmyards.
“This is something that, in normal times, the Department would not take kindly to, and rightly so,” said the Sinn Féin TD.
“While I understand the dispute between knackeries and rendering plants is complex, the Minister has stood back and allowed the situation to escalate to such a degree that farmers are being directly impacted as a consequence.”
