Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is great to have them. We will get an insight into the industry by asking questions as the months go on.

Ms Bocquel was with me in the room at the Niall Mór centre. The Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, was also there. The sheer frustration from processors that day was very bad, as she will recall. From what I hear on the ground, even when they applied for a grant there was not a hope of getting it. The time was closed. They were told to apply and then the two months were up. To be honest, there did not seem to be a fair playing field for processors.