Mr. Gerry Lynskey:

The Department left in place the old technology based on e-mails from PCs and developed a website which interacted directly with the farmer. In other words, if the farmer had broadband he or she could log on to the Department website and do business there. In a sense, the Department forgot about the IT companies. We were no longer necessary to implement its IT requirements on farms. Only in the last year or so has it come back to us and allowed us to interface directly with its website.