Mr. Tim Cullinan:

The Green Party's policy is that we should all grow more vegetables, even in counties Cavan and Monaghan, which would be a challenge, to say the least.

At the same time, we are now looking for support for those sectors and we do not seem to be getting it. There is a misdemeanour here somewhere. We have a party encouraging the growing of more horticulture and this serious situation where we are seeing a serious decline in that sector at present. I have to question the policies and how this will help the climate change debate, which we are engaging in and working on. Farmers have already done a lot around climate. I am confused regarding that.

The Senator spoke about getting the three Ministers in front of the committee but another group needs to appear, one we have been discussing for the past hour, which is retailers. It would be a very useful exercise to get the other side of the story as well. I am not telling the committee what to do, but if that could be facilitated, it would definitely be a very useful-----