Mr. Eamon Corley:

Glanbia plc is a company that dictates the price farmers pay for their inputs. It is not a purchasing group that will negotiate a discount but rather farmers will have to pay individually for inputs. Glanbia stipulates that there must be extra money for the months of May, June and July, which happen to be the three months in which cattle are in short supply. It is trying to control those important months of the year when farmers have some chance of increasing the price.

On the previous question about the Beef Plan Movement's position on the CAP, our first point is that there must be more up-to-date reference years. Comparing 20 years ago is utterly out of sync. We agree with full convergence, supporting the family farm and a cap of approximately €50,000 on the amount that should be paid. We do not agree with people's wages being taken into account. We want to support family farms. On the CAP definition of an active farmer, we believe it should be the farmer who farms the land or who employs somebody on his or her behalf to farm it, rather than somebody who has retired and given the land to somebody else.

On Food Wise 2025, unless there is protected status for the suckler herd and the suckler brand is developed, it will be dead in the water because there is no way that farmers will continue to produce food. We will be gone and out of here.