Mr. Vincent Roddy:

Most of this has been covered. Mr. Keane, Mr. Punch and the last two speakers made an excellent point about the impact on farmers, the compliance levels they must adhere to and that those compliance levels do not seem to be enacted in other parts of the supply chain. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is probably the place for that. Deputy Collins and others may be better placed to assess that. We would definitely support it. If it is to be done, at what point do we start? We need to go back to 2021 at the least and probably before that. The price is coming down, which I think everyone would acknowledge. I often think, if we did not have the Border - it is an awful thing to say - how much those prices would have come down. Even as prices come down, there are still significant differences. For example, last week, the average price for Cut Sward 24-2.5-10 worked out at approximately €700 or €750 a tonne. The equivalent, we understand, in Northern Ireland - it is hard to get an exact equivalent - 24-5-5, was able to sell in west County Mayo, delivered, at €630 per tonne. That is €120 of a difference. That is a clear discrepancy which does not help farmers. As Deputy Collins said, there does need to be an investigation into this.