Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have explained the position to Deputy McNamara, and Deputy Carthy said Ireland objected to below-cost selling at EU level. We had below-cost selling here in Ireland before. Below-cost selling is different from below-cost buying. The fact that somebody sells something below a certain cost does not mean he or she will give a fair price to the person from whom he or she has bought it. It is therefore really below-cost buying which is the challenge from the farmer's point of view. The farmer is not overly worried what price the product is sold at as long as he gets a good profit on what he is selling it for when it is bought off him. Below-cost selling does not affect that.

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