Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Because of the rating on each bull, would it matter whether a farmer has a purebred bull? If a farmer has what we used to call a scrub bull years ago, once the bull has a rating of four or five, does it matter if he is only half bred, quarter bred or whatever?

If I was back here as the Minister, I would start with all the heifer calves and build them all up. Then we would get every animal and every farmer would be in the system, whether he has five, ten or 100 cows. All the farmers would get a fair crack at the whip and would get a few bob out of it.