Ms Triona McCormack:

I will take a few of the points and link them together. Senator Paul Daly made a point about translation through Teagasc and others, how we effect that and how we get the impact on the ground. I will ask Professor Mark Keane and Professor Alex Evans to respond in particular on the green certificate. That is linked to the question about people who have been in the farming sector for a long time, who feel they are doing exactly what they need to do and that they know what needs to be done. What will appeal is the evidence of the value created, in other words when they start seeing greater economic returns for their neighbours down the road where there is some adoption. We have to work that way. We have to create examples on the ground of how this works, how the new technology has impact and how simple it is to engage with.

That is a challenge. It is a challenge for researchers and industry that brings this to market. It must be accessible to people and usable on the ground in a farm situation. If that is the case, we will start to see adoption because nothing drives adoption as well as an economic imperative from a business person. Farmers have their own balance sheet every year and they will be looking at how to improve their situation. If they feel there are mechanisms that can improve their situation, I feel we will get a response. It is up to those partners, about whom I spoke earlier, working together to get those responses out on the ground in that translational mode. I will ask Professor Keane to comment, particularly in respect of the dairy questions about which a few questions were asked.