John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would love to see a really stark warning to businesses around the issues we discussed. I am aware that Mr. Harrahill is doing different interventions with the business representatives but there are also people who do not attend these conferences and they are reliant on the matter being fixed. They believe it is too big to fail and it will be fixed. I do not think that businesses in general realise the costs involved will be horrendous. The smaller the business, the worse it will be. It would appear that companies in the agrifood sector will be particularly affected. The bigger companies may carry the cost because they already have some of this infrastructure in place. For others, however, it is going to be a serious problem.