Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Given the age profile of the men and women involved in agriculture, the figure of 35,000 farmers using the agfood.ie website is a good one. I am aware that the ICBF's HerdPlus.com is being promoted in agricultural colleges because my son attended agricultural college last year and came home with the HerdPlus.com package. Private companies will not be able to compete if the ICBF is promoting its programmes at the agricultural colleges young farmers are attending.