Mr. Fergal O'Leary:

I remember the discussion at the agriculture committee of concerns raised by Deputy Cahill regarding the Twenty20 Beef Club. To reiterate what we said last May, we do not see an issue with that scheme at this time. There is what we call a vertical block exemption in place which allows those types of schemes to be implemented. We did not say that it was anti-competitive. We did say that there may be a certain, high threshold above which it all becomes a little too inclusive. However, from our analysis of the scheme so far, we are not near that threshold. The scheme is permissible under the law. However, we never give something a clean bill of health into the future and, as such, we will keep the matter continually under review.