Mr. Henry Burns:

There is an important point I left out. Hopefully, the groceries order will come for Ireland. However, 90% of our beef has to go out of the State and 90% is the trade. While we might feel we control the Irish trade, it is controlled by the meat plants. We can argue all day about lack of competition between the factories and having inquiries into them. We have proved every year that we have export live cattle to ensure the farmer can be competitive. Inquiries have a tendency to go on a long time. What we need now is action.