15,000 jobs after milk quotas abolished?

Posted on: 24/05/2012

THE IRISH dairy industry has the potential to create up to 15,000 extra jobs following the abolition of milk quotas in 2015, attendees at the National Dairy Council�s annual conference heard yesterday.
Pointing out that the dairy sector buys 85 per cent of its inputs directly from the Irish economy, food economist Ciaran Fitzgerald said the expected �1.3 billion increase in milk output after 2015 will have a �hugely positive multiplier impact across the economy�.
�For the first time in more than 30 years, production will no longer be fixed,� he said.

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