Mr. Seamus Scallan:

A chosen few are brought. The Chairman has said I have to be careful about what I say, but I have to be very honest. We have been involved in the business for the past 20 years and I pay my levies to Bord Bia every week, but I believe it does nothing for me and that it is a waste of my money. It is a waste for exporters. We have to look at something different because its mind is set on the beef industry and selling beef. It is not in place to do anything about live exports. I am getting no help from it. Between off-farm sales and what went through our books this year, we are talking about the guts of 40,000 calves, but I am getting no help from it. One issue arose and I requested information from it, with a view to meeting some people in Poland. The email went to the wrong address and I waited for six weeks for someone to come back to me about arranging a meeting to sell calves to Poland where there is a market, by which time the information was of no use to me. Personally, I believe we have to look at many things. Bord Bia is good for the beef industry, but it is of no help to exporters.