Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State. I fully appreciate his point of view, but the difficulty the industry is facing at the moment is that the operators do not know whether they will have a future. They need to know one way or another because they wish to invest in their farms to build the industry up to the level they desire. If they invest in raw materials over the winter, when they are available, they could be left with those raw materials next year. I ask the Minister of State to consider this and to meet fur farming representatives in the next couple of weeks, if possible, to hear their views and give them a clear picture of what the future holds for the industry. It is important and it would be appreciated by the fur farming sector.