Mr. John Murphy:

The Deputy said we rely on them. We need food security, but we do not need to import inferior products and drop the price of our own grain because of it. That is a ridiculous thing to do.

We need to use our grain in the best way we can, whether that be beans, barley, beet, oats or whatever can be grown on the island. That should be used first. Let us be productive here. I know from feeding livestock that they can be fed on Irish grain only. Perhaps at times of year a small bit of soya is needed, but other than that Irish grain can be used for most of the year and we can grow the majority on this island. We will never get to full production, but we should at least use our own before we import anything inferior. Soya and maize are probably the best grains to import, but palm kernel, citrus pulp, soya hulls and so on are not good for feed. They are only fillers for oat.