Mr. Kevin Maguire:

Senator Paul Daly asked who we were representing here today. We are representing the Irish Charolais Cattle Society first and foremost but we are also representing our customers. The suckler farmer in Ireland has been a very good customer of the Charolais breed and they are the ones for whom we are standing up today. The Charolais breeders from all over this country travel the world looking for top-class genetics and brought them to this country. We only have to look back to the foot and mouth disease outbreak in England a number of years ago. We saw oldish men who bred serious bloodlines into their herds that were all killed. That is what is happening in this country at the moment. Serious bloodlines are being washed out of this country and nothing is being done about it. That is why we are here today. We are here today to represent our pedigree breeders and we are very passionate about it. As some people said here, we are more than passionate. We like our breed and we want it to go forward. That is all I have to say on the matter.