Mr. Padraic Finnegan:

What their role is should be clearly defined. Going back 20 years everything was done on paper. There was a big packet of forms sent out, some of which were needed and more which were not. Now everything is done online so that role is greatly diminished and there is little or none of it to be done. They used to go to livestock marts and the farmers had to straw-bed all the cattle. They would have their biros out and be writing things down. That is gone. We can sell organic cattle now at an ordinary mart. We have actually a sale coming up in Castlerea next Saturday and there will be a few pens of organic cattle. Their role has diminished.