Mr. Ruaidhrí O'Boyle:

The ending of the status quo. Nothing could be worse than the current situation for farmers in cattle and sheep farming where their total income from the farming side is from direct payments. The direct payment has to subsidise the operation of the farm because the farm is not making any money for the farmer. What they are currently doing, while guided by the bodies that have an influence over farmers, is not delivering for them. The idea that we keep going with what we are doing because we have done it for some time now just does not make any economic sense for the farmer.