Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator for his remarks. I appreciate that, collectively, we share the same objective in terms of securing market access with the minimum imposition on individual farmers. I appreciate the invidious position in which this puts the staff of marts, namely, to be, in a way, the guarantor of safety at that juncture. With respect to the case of the aforementioned Councillor McCarthy, who runs a very fine enterprise in Kenmare and gives great service to the community, they are at that point of time the guardians of the traceability system.When we stand back to look at the objective we are trying to achieve, they can justly be proud that they are part of the system that guarantees our market access and traceability.