Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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Yes. I apologise for missing the presentations but I had to briefly step out. Two questions came to mind as I was listening to the contributions. Much of the discussion seems to be around our being able to command a premium for our product being green, so to speak, and being of a good and higher quality. Is any premium being delivered in terms of price for farmers, if our product is extremely marketable, of high quality and the result of better quality production or is all being kept within the co-operatives and factories? In terms of driving efficiencies to improve matters for dairy farmers, what evidence is there that efficiencies can be gained by the current structures that are in place?