Mr. Pat McCormack:

I will answer Senator Boyhan and I will let my colleague, Mr. John Enright, to answer Deputy Fitzmaurice. I am glad the Senator saw similarities in trends because the challenge is there for all of the sectors we represent. We will not shirk our responsibilities from a political level. Equally, I would say to the Senator and to every Member of both Houses of the Oireachtas that they have a duty and an obligation to keep our Government, in particular the Minister who will be going to Europe to fight that battle, honest, if that is what the Government decides to do. It is critical that it does that as we move forward. From a European perspective, we will certainly be involved with the European Milk Board. Our Dutch and Danish colleagues, in particular, are being ground to a halt in a similar way to ourselves as regards legislation, bureaucracy and environmental issues. The word "sustainability" comes up time and again but unfortunately it is environmental and ecological sustainability. What is lacking right across the board on all occasions is an onus on the economic sustainability and the economic impact that can deliver. That has a huge social impact on rural Ireland. Whether it is the church, irrespective of its denomination, sport, irrespective of its code, or the parish council, farm families and the rural economy are driven by the rural output and that output is going to be severely impacted.