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

Most farmers are dealing with co-operatives and some are dealing with chemists and veterinarians. They will have built up a relationship with all of those people down through the years. These are people whom the farmers have dealt with over a number of years and who nearly know what they need each time. They have experience with it. Each is basically a suitably qualified person. Am I right in saying there is basically advice at the moment to say to the Department that this can work, but the Department does not seem to want to take it?