440. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of the new beef data genomics programme, if the requirement that farmers who purchase a bull must buy a four or five star bull, post January 2017, and have a four or five star bull by 2020, will be adjusted to take account of the costs that will arise for this sector, especially for small suckler farms, given that the object and focus of the programme should be to enable them to improve their viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20699/15]

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440. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the context of the new beef data genomics programme, if the requirement that farmers who purchase a bull must buy a four or five star bull, post January 2017, and have a four or five star bull by 2020, will be adjusted to take account of the costs that will arise for this sector, especially for small suckler farms, given that the object and focus of the programme should be to enable them to improve their viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20699/15]

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