Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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That does not reassure at all, I have to say. As it stands in the legislation, if I as a farmer go to any merchant in this State, purchase fertiliser and give my herd number, the onus will be on the merchant to upload all of that and it will be assigned. It is a very simple process. Am I supposed to say to somebody who might be in the parish of Cullaville - the parish crosses the counties of Monaghan and Armagh - that if they happen to be driving home and they have an empty trailer and decide to pull in to load up with a dozen bags of fertiliser for whatever reason, they need to register as a fertiliser economic operator? In all honesty, what does the Minister of State think the chances of that happening are?