Mr. Eamon Corley:

We talked to one exporter in particular. He was probably paying the highest price for calves of any exporter. He dealt primarily with individual farmers rather than going through marts. That same exporter had heaps of contracts cancelled because he could not get the calves out to market due to a lack of lairage space. Regarding the ship, one has to physically bring a lorry over and leave it sitting there idly waiting for the cattle. That was not a workable option for those exporters. That is why the big ship did not work.