Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the delegation from the Irish Charolais Cattle Society. The witnesses made an excellent presentation on behalf of the society. It was an argumentative presentation but the delegates made their points very strongly. We have been listening carefully to the points that have been made.

The next presentation is from the ICBF. The ICCS representatives have raised a great many questions and have pointed out the serious inadequacies from their point of view in the system. The committee members are taking the views expressed in the presentation very seriously. Some of us did not agree with the points made, but that is the basis of democracy. We will now listen to ICBF and I am sure we will try to get some solution that will drive the beef industry forward as we all want.