Mr. Louis McAuley:

In response to Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, Teagasc has advisers out on the ground and they, of course, will have a major role to play in this. Like everything else, they are limited by funding and direction. They have to accommodate what is common practice. They need to be directed to look at matters differently. They definitely have a role to play. At present, they are limited in what they can do by funding. We are in their ear, probably, quite annoying, but that is part of it.

They definitely have a role to play. They need to be given more resources because the potential to deliver is considerable. It is definitely something on which they need to be given direction and work with the likes of ourselves to get that out to more.