Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Leary is using the argument of the final output being a maximum, if participants meet all their targets, of 5% of the beef industry. Regarding the point Deputy Cahill made, how far back down the trading curves or trends does the CCPC go to examine this? To buy into this scheme and produce the 5% of the beef if all targets are met, one must buy all one's inputs, including unrelated inputs, and all the on-farm products one would normally buy from a co-operative or similar-type supplier from Glanbia. While it might only, therefore, be an end product of 5% of the beef, if there are other activities on one's farm, which can include fertiliser and not just one's inputs into the production of the beef, which is part of the package, one must buy everything and it will be far greater than 5% of the agricultural trading turnover within the sector that will buy into the scheme we are talking about in the competition between different mills or co-operatives. The overall or final beef production is only 5%. However, to get there, by virtue of the fact that one must tie into all one's inputs on one's farm if one is in the scheme, it will be far greater than 5% of the trading value of farm to co-operative or farm to supplier.