Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

May I ask a question? This is getting interesting.

Suppose one asked farmers whether they wanted to join this scheme, particularly in terms of record keeping and noting the star ratings of their animals, but they said they wanted to keep doing things their own way. Suppose one said we will pay €30 per calf to cover the cost of genotyping all female calves and there would be no further obligations on a farmer to do anything else. Would such genotype or DNA information be of any use to the federation? What if farmers did not have to record calving difficulties, etc? Does it have to be both?