Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Forget about the producer. I am talking about a farming body. Going down to a producer thing is no different. If I join a farming organisation, I do so because I believe it will do something for me. If it has 20,000 members or 50,000 members can it not collectively, because it has all the farmers in the country bar a few because not everyone will join a producer organisation either, go in and talk? Earlier we talked about the apples being the same price on Moore Street. If the beef is the same price roughly, why can we not go in and talk about base price?