Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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That is not the point. Mr. Gleeson is probably right in that but the point is that sheep from the UK flooded the market on which we are dependent, that is, the French market, at a time when sterling weakened, thereby devaluing our lamb. That is the issue. It is not that we are dependent on the UK market. I can see that. I am a farmer's daughter. I drew sheep for 20 years as a haulier. I am very close to the sheep sector and sheep farmers are very aggrieved. Mr. Gleeson understands what I have said. Does he disagree?