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

Mr. Geraghty talks about scaremongering. The reality is - and I have a copy of a document to this effect - there were certain places around this country advertising that, where one needed a prescription, the prescription was free if one bought the goods there. If that starts around Ireland, then God help the small farmer. I know where Mr. Geraghty is from and his practice is not far from me. He knows the size of farms, especially in the west and north-west of Ireland. If that starts, the big guy with 300 or 400 cows will always be the winner because he will have buying power. That is the big fear among farmers and it is not scaremongering. It is reality. I have a copy of it showing what has gone on, not in my part of the country but in another part. I would be very careful about the word "scaremongering".