Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I appreciate that, and I do not refer to the Minister of State but to the fact that the main Government party is bringing this in when we should be talking about the collapse of dairy and beef prices in the industry and milk prices. On RTE's "Agriview" over recent weeks, there have been farmers, their wives and members of Macra na Feirme speaking on national radio about being in poverty. The Minister of State should look at the way milk and beef prices have gone in this country. All of us in the House are from rural farming or know people involved in it. My uncles are involved.