Ms Sinéad McPhillips:

It would be difficult. That is the last thing we would want to do. We want to maintain that supply chain and the customer relationships and contracts that have been hard won with key retailers in the UK. If that beef is displaced, it creates a significant problem on the EU market and has a significant effect on prices in other EU member states. In terms of sensitising other Ministers and Departments to Brexit as an Irish problem, we have also presented it as a problem across the EU. If that product is displaced from the UK market, it will depress prices across the EU and we will need that support in order to try to maintain those supply chains.