Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Not agreed.

The Minister and the Ministers of State know what has to be done here. Bord Bia is the body tasked with marketing our beef across the world and with overseeing the standards in that regard of all the farmers across the State. My colleague Deputy Martin Kenny referred to the quality assurance scheme. I think there are 66 questions on the survey. Basically, farmers are driven mad with paperwork. Tha…

Listen to them.

Stop your blackguarding.

Stop your blackguarding now.

Will you stand your ground? Will you stand up for farmers?

You stood your ground on Mercosur.

Stand your ground now.

Not at all.

Stop your codding.

Ah, for God's sake.

Deal with the issue.

Ah now, stop codding people.

You never use Facebook or Twitter, do you?

You are insulting their intelligence.

You are only a messer-----

The Minister of State was the chief interrupter in the last Dáil.

That-----

You are only codding people.

There he goes again.

The Minister of State has not once dealt with the core issue. Should he stay or should he go?

Ah, for God's sake, cop yourself on.

You are only a codder. You are only bluffing and codding-----

All his time was taken up.

We are standing up for farmers.