Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am drawing an analogy between the refusal of a felling licence and the refusal to allow cattle go to slaughter, for example, if there was a provision whereby a Minister could refuse to allow cattle to go for slaughter or could limit the number going for slaughter in any given week, such as happened last week, due to market conditions. We all know that factories are slaughtering fewer of a particular type of cattle.