Mr. Lorcan McCabe:

I apologise for our president not being here. He had a longstanding commitment and could not make it here today.

The two members raised the subject of live calf exports. We were are very concerned about the landbridge not being available. That will result in much more capacity being sought on the ferries, especially from Rosslare. We are very concerned about that.

The other thing which we welcomed in recent weeks is the granting of protected geographical indication, PGI, status by Bord Bia to grass-fed beef. Hopefully, that will be a help in future. I will let our general secretary take over on the other aspects.