Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Savage for his presentation. He is involved in the collection of the information. His sole focus is the application of the monitoring systems. With regard to research institutes or the Department, is Mr. Savage working with any of these organisations? Is his system being used by people who will be in a position to make decisions on where we go or by companies who may be in a position to develop food or inputs which will enhance or reduce the cattle's emissions based on information his product gathers? Is it something an efficient farmer will use to streamline his own operation or is Mr. Savage involved on a larger scale with research institutes, feed suppliers, the Department or Teagasc with a view to how the information Mr. Savage is collecting can be used to improve the output of our herd? I get Mr. Savage's argument about the carbon leakage and it is a gripe of mine. We have had the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, schemes and are improving genomics. What input can Mr. Savage's system have in improving genomics, breeding and efficiency of our feed input to keep us ahead of the posse and avoid the necessary increase in the herds in places like Brazil where none of this efficiency is being incorporated?