Mr. Seamus O?Donohoe:

I will deal with the last question and ask the chairman of the mart committee to expand on the issue credit.

On the question of traceability, it is not a wasted effort and it is not a naive question. It is a challenging one because the ephemeral nature of the guarantee, as mentioned by Deputy Willie Penrose, is the recoverability of stock items such as young cattle. It is worth pursuing in order that we can have clarity. We must know that there is a mechanism in place whereby the European Union can validate; otherwise, we cannot discuss the creativity of people in how they avoid their legitimate debts and the recovery of same. It is worth pursuing as a policy issue.