Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We might get through a lot of today's questions yet. On the beef data and genomics scheme, how many samples have gone in and how many hectares does that represent? What is the likely payment by Christmas? I want to establish the level of active participants in the scheme. It would be said that there is considerable disquiet about the scheme over the penalty regime and the uncertainties therein, as admitted by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation, ICBF, particularly regarding bulls that are now rated as five star and might prove to be one-star or two-star bulls in future, with their progeny affected accordingly.

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