Mr. Donal Sheehan:

I do not agree with the Senator. Farmers are willing to make the required changes. We have had farm walks here for the last two months and we have been inundated. It is a chicken and egg situation. Farmers are waiting for payments but consumers are also waiting for a signal regarding whether we will make changes.

Regarding Brazil and China, I really do not care what they are doing because that is out of my control as a farmer. I am doing what I can and the bright farmers are all making huge improvements. I focus on what we can do here. That is a lesson we must all take on board. If we keep going on about what China, Brazil and all the other countries are not doing, we will never get anywhere. We are in a great position to be able to show leadership as farmers in Ireland and that is what we should be doing. We should forget about what everyone else is doing.