Mr. Noel Feeney:

I will make a brief comment. It is important for us all to realise that we are not here to knock Teagasc. Those in Teagasc are our colleagues in an advisory sense. As has been stated, Teagasc is getting vast sums of money, but we are not here to knock that. As we have said to members all along - and this is why we want their help - the bottom line is that our issue is not with Teagasc; it is that we want a level playing field from the Department.