Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the remit, the problem from my point of view is that we have beef prices that are potentially manageable if they remain stable. I have heard nothing today which suggests that we are moving to a point where we can prevent the type of major price fluctuations we have seen in the past. In reality, this means that many primary producers will have to endure periods of poverty because they are producing at much less than the cost of production. That is clearly unsustainable. I am not sure how we navigate the work of the task force to bring us to a point where we are providing a stable price flow and a profitable margin into the medium and long term for primary producers. I ask Mr. Dowling to shed some light in terms of the measures which were outlined that will deliver those things.