Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Doyle.

As regards Mr. Matt Dempsey and the policy changes he is asking for, I am very interested in that and will be ensuring that at every opportunity I will be looking for that and raising it because we must have a level playing pitch at all times.

That does not seem to be the case now. I may not be a grain farmer but I understand grain. We appreciate the attention given here today and the number of people who came. I can see they have support behind them. We are enthused by their presentation and are now better informed. I appreciate that and thank them. We are conciliatory. We do not want what happened with the beet industry to happen here. I often think the beet industry could be revitalised and reopened. Every bit of the industry, including the sugar beet factory, was blown out of Mallow. The same plant is now operating in Belgium. We are under the same sky, in the same European market, so I cannot understand that. I thank the Chair and the witnesses.