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

Does the IOA have any input into looking at new markets? Farmers face transport costs of stock and as for the difference in price, many of them in my area would be as well off going to the conventional factories to kill them because of the cost of bringing the stock. Is any emphasis being put on markets? Does the IOA have involvement in that? Has the IOA looked at sending cattle on the hoof to the likes of the UK? I believe it is £6 for organic beef in the UK. Has anyone looked at that to try to entice more people into it?