Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. He need not reply to this point but I meant to say that we need to focus on the dairy calf to beef scheme going forward. There is always a cloud hanging over live exports. Like Deputy Fitzmaurice said, with more information for farmers and more research from Teagasc, it can be a profitable method of farming and has a future. Sexed semen is getting greater traction and I believe the Minister is accompanying me to see a lab next Wednesday. Much is being done in the sexed semen side of things and hopefully, more suitable animals will be coming out for the beef industry. Extra incentives and extra research into it would have a lot to contribute in meeting different challenges as we go forward.

That concludes the select committee's 2022 Supplementary Estimate for Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee with its consideration of the 2022 Supplementary Estimates and for dealing so comprehensively with members' questions.