Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes. How long does Mr. Santini think farmers can keep going? They will not be able to produce as much if they cannot afford the fertilisers, namely, the nitrogen and the urea. How long does he think these poor, honest, hardworking people can stay at it? Does he think they are going to keep producing food? The record over the years is farmers might have one good year out of five. They break even for three and they lose out in perhaps two of the years as well. However, the cost of keeping going now, with the fuel and everything, is too much. Mr. Santini is talking to us on behalf of the European body. How long is this going to last? Is this happening worldwide? Is it only happening in Europe? Is it to blow us out of it altogether to suit the green agenda? Is that the way production is going to be cut because we have been getting hints of this-----