Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Before Mr. Cullinan answers, I would like to expand on Deputy Fitzmaurice's question on calf exports. We have seen reports in the media about flying calves to their destination on the Continent. Does Mr. Cullinan think this is practical economically? Whatever figure we want to talk about, we need to export a serious amount of these black and white calves every spring to keep competition in the trade. We see the results of the large number of calves that went two years ago in the factory trade at the moment. Has the IFA carried out research into alternative modes of transport if we do run into trouble with the traditional way of getting calves to the Continent?