Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I apologise for interrupting Mr. Crammond. I accept what is in the presentation about the size of the correct lamb for sale in retail but surely there is a hospitality market where it is not being sold on esthetics. That larger leg can go into a hotel which is putting up a leg of lamb in the carvery. It does not have to be advertised. Why would MII cut the price? There are different markets, and can we not utilise markets for heavier lambs? The hospitality side must be a massive market. MII is not selling a leg of lamb into a catering business based on its esthetics. Why drop the price because MII has to cut it in half? MII does not have to cut it in half. They have big ovens and it all will be sold in individual portions. I accept the esthetics point where MII is trying to sell the meat visually in the supermarket off the shelf but I would imagine the household market is possibly - Mr. Crammond will probably know the figures - not even as big as the catering market.