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

We need to be sensible in what we say and how we react. Everybody in this House hopes the receiver will be able to work his way through the difficulties and salvage the company. That would be the most satisfactory outcome, whereby cattle exports will continue regardless of who owns the company. The receiver should be allowed to do that. I take the Deputy's point concerning cattle prices. If Deputy Dooley is in contact with his people in County Clare, he will know what the manager of Sixmilebridge Mart said this week when reacting to the TLT story. He was quoted in the newspaper as saying there was a good trade at the mart on Saturday for all stock, with weaning prices especially strong. Before people in this House say cattle prices are down, they should check what is happening in their own constituencies. That was in County Clare.

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