Mr. Michael Dowling:

I do not know that the task force looked at the question of the value of other body parts in addition to the hide and fifth quarter. Grant Thornton did not put a figure on whether farmers were gaining or losing on the fifth quarter. What it was asked to do was put an overall figure on the value of beef to the factories and the farmer. That is what it was asked to do under the terms of reference of the study the task force agreed it should undertake. That was agreed by all members of the task force.

I should say that the task force was commissioned to oversee the implementation of the agreements reached in August and September 2019 and the actions arising out of those agreements. There were 30-odd actions between the two agreements. The function of the task force was to examine and oversee the implementation of those actions, and that is what it has been doing for the past two years or so.