Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Penrose outlined, we had a fairly robust engagement at a previous meeting with the Minister, and some of the current delegation may have been present in the Gallery for that meeting. What we can do is probably limited enough. We can make recommendations and we can support the growers but, as was said earlier, tea and sympathy is not going to get them money on the table tomorrow morning. From that point of view, what we can do is limited. Obviously, support is very important, and in terms of how to go about getting a package put in place, we would support the growers' cause.