Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many groups, not just one group, are interested in the implementation of GLAS. We meet farming organisations regularly, particularly the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, and other groups including the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association, ICSA, and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association, ICMSA. I have met the representatives of the hill committee on a number of occasions and I speak to Deputy Kyne in detail on this issue around twice a week. Deputy Kyne and Deputy Ó Cuív speak to the members of the hill committee regularly. It is not fair to suggest that I am not consulting people, as we had public information sessions all along the west coast. I deliberately did not attend those meetings because I did not want them to turn political - I wanted them to be factually based meetings that gave information.

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