Mr. Michael Lambert:

Promotion is a big problem. There is no promotion of any organic produce, with the way the scheme is operating. There is a mart in Drumshanbo in County Leitrim. If one goes there, the backbone of that mart is all the smaller farmers. That is the backbone of any mart. If those are not kept in it, that base is going to fall. That is why we want to see the smaller farmer kept there to keep that trade going.

A question was asked about what we would like to see straightened out immediately. One of the immediate things would be payments. We get all types of excuses on that, including IT problems, and it is absolutely silly. A ten year old is able to sort out any IT problems now. I would be astonished to think that IT issues are an issue in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or any other Department.