Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise a further issue. Mr. Hughes spoke about primary producers. He is probably aware of the issues in milk production at present with regard to Glanbia. The latter had entered an agreement to build a cheese factory which was going to have a sizable uptake in milk capacity. It is held up now by a judicial review being progressed by An Taisce. The result is that Glanbia farmers, primary producers, are now being written to saying, in effect, that quotas are back. This is putting many farmers who have been scaling up in the last four years into extreme financial difficulty because their projections have been completely upended. Many of them are being put in a reference milk supply dating back to three years ago. Is there any facility whereby Glanbia, for example, could make an application to this scheme in terms of supporting farmers who are caught in these difficulties?