Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take on board the Deputy's point. The last thing we want is any reduction in competition in this area that would be to the detriment of the farmer or that would discommode people. Ultimately, these measures can assist farmers in some ways. There have been a number of interventions to make it easier for those small companies whose core business is perhaps not selling fertiliser, as the Deputy outlined. They might do different things and sell a small amount of fertiliser. They have options open to them. They can use the application programming interface, API, system or they can log on through agfood.ie to register that way. The system is pretty straightforward.