Mr. Joe Healy:

I will add to what Mr. Enright said. We have always agreed to sit down and have sat down to discuss issues relating to Irish farming and its sustainability. The Deputy is right about prices. We would love to see more being done about prices. It is important to build on Commissioner Hogan's agri-markets task force with regard to unfair trading practices and give a bigger share of the margin to farmers. We have seen this margin being continually eroded to the point where the farmer gets 21 cent out of every euro paid by the consumer while the retailer gets 51 cent with the processor taking 28 cent in the middle. When this report is rolled out and when there is legislation around it, we have called for an independent regulator to be there to enforce it. Where it is found that retailers are not acting fairly with their suppliers, a regulator needs to be there to levy penalties in the same fashion as Christine Tacon, the groceries code regulator in the UK, can. Mr. Enright has covered most of the rest of it. Many of the aims of the original CAP are being met. What is probably not being met is an adequate income going to farmers. CAP has definitely ensured the production of safe, top-quality food that is traceable from farm to fork and that the European citizens get a good deal from it.