11 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he has satisfied himself that cattle prices to farmers will not be affected by the recent change in control of the Goodman Group and associated companies; if his attention has been drawn to the dominant position held by this group in the Irish meat export industry in the past before it went into examinership; and the steps, if any, he proposes to take to prevent the operation of a cartel in cattle-buying in this couuntry if the present live export trade were to decline or disappear. [6512/95]

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11 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he has satisfied himself that cattle prices to farmers will not be affected by the recent change in control of the Goodman Group and associated companies; if his attention has been drawn to the dominant position held by this group in the Irish meat export industry in the past before it went into examinership; and the steps, if any, he proposes to take to prevent the operation of a cartel in cattle-buying in this couuntry if the present live export trade were to decline or disappear. [6512/95]

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1. 28 March 1995

   Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cattle Prices.

   11 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he has satisfied himself that cattle prices to farmers will not be affected by the recent change in control of the Goodman Group and associated companies; if his attention has been drawn to the dominant position held by this group in the Irish meat export industry in the past before it went into examinership; and the steps, if any, he proposes to take to prevent the operation of a cartel in cattle-buying in this couuntry if the present live export trade were to decline or disappear. [6512/95]

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