Mr. Cormac Healy:

Absolutely, we would support that. The Deputy referenced an open-book approach. Our aim and that of our members is to work with the best customers possible and to develop a 52-week per year relationship so that we can have an open-book price but it is not possible in all circumstances. Obviously, we are exporting 90% of what we produce so even with initiatives in that regard in the home market, domestic retail only accounts for 6% or 7% of our overall beef output. We are dependent on export markets and trying to develop those best customers. In the context of EU work on farm-to-fork, an issue that needs to be highlighted more is the true value of food.