Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The underlying factor is that there is a huge export business at stake. Everybody wants to do what is best for the industry. With regard to consultation, we have been consulting with the IFA and the various stakeholders on an ongoing basis, although obviously not on the detail of the scheme. It would be very hard to get agreement across the board. We will review it at six months, but I take the Deputy's point about the three months. In fact, I am open to further discussions with the Deputy to try to deal with this. It is a problem that everybody acknowledges and I would certainly welcome the chance to talk to the Deputy about it at a later stage as we work through it.

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