Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Can I ask one very important question as to how this decision came about? There are four IFA members, two members from the ICMSA, the breeders, and a lady from the Department who is secretary to the committee. We do not need to know about the other meetings but before the IFA members went into that meeting, which has been so important and had such an impact on farmers, did they get a position paper from the IFA to represent it? In that moment, were they acting independently as ICBF members or are they IFA men in that room?