Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let us go back to the decision, the announcement and the role of the board. Did the board have any input into this or was it just a rubber-stamping process? If we look at the make-up of the board, there are up to seven farm organisation representatives on it and one person from the pedigree cattle breeders. Their representatives sat on the board and now they are up in arms and on the blower to us every day of the week. How did it get through the board such that those organisations are so disgruntled now, yet they have representatives on the board? Did the board have any say or is it just a rubber-stamp outfit?