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

I am not talking about animal welfare. I know everyone treats animals well.

I am talking about the quality of the animal so that in future the cow might produce a higher proportion of solids. Is the Department looking at any part of that so we do not go down the road of perhaps gaining with solids but losing part of our beef industry, especially in light of some of the comments in the media by some people in Teagasc? It was stated that people should be rearing these so-called dairy calves.