Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

That amounts to hundreds of thousands of carcases and it could have raised the spectre of pluses or minuses for the individuals and payments on individual carcases. However, I welcome the Minister's clarification on the matter in the context of the new quality payment system, which is having a difficult bedding-in time, but which I support in principle. It should have operated side-by-side with the old system for a period. It would have been wiser to proceed with its introduction in that way.

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