Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I welcome Mr. Punch and Mr. Byrne and thank them for their presentation. They are preaching to the converted. There is nothing they have told us that we have not heard before. I will again go on the record that, based on what is in their presentation and for many other reasons, I cannot fathom why sheep sector, and the mushroom sector for that matter, do not qualify for the Brexit adjustment reserve. The committee has already discussed the amount that is coming in, with sheep is coming in from Australia and the issue relating to sterling. It is in the witnesses’ presentation and there is no point in me rehashing it. I have no problem going on the record on this. I have been lobbying for it and I cannot see why we seem to be banging our heads against stone walls. It is a no-brainer. I would confidently say that, after the mushroom sector, the sheep sector was probably was the next biggest casualty in the agricultural sphere.

Reference was made to the wool council. Are the witnesses on the wool council? If they are-----