Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Will Mr. Doyle elaborate on the whole issue of what happened in January? In January a scenario was brought in around farmers accessing antibiotics. Perhaps Mr. Doyle could cut to the chase but we are probably talking about mastitis tubes and dry-cow tubes and product of that nature that would have come through the co-operative movement. Some 90% of that trade would have left. Because 90% of that trade has left, does Mr. Doyle believe that the ability of co-operatives to stock that product has become a huge issue for the industry because of the lifespan of product and the lifespan of items like that, and even the cost of holding such a product that might not move? Does Mr. Carroll believe that by default the co-operatives are out of the market because the limited amount of product they can get through?