Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a difficulty with producer organisations. For many farmers, they do not go from start to finish. Where I am from in the west, farmers generally produce weanlings but they have neither the land nor the capacity to finish animals. They must sell their animals on to other farmers who can do that, so there is a break in the chain. One of the flaws that exists is that farmers cannot produce the finished product.