15,000 jobs after milk quotas abolished?
24/05/2012 Website News
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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