Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am a little confused. Mr. Evans said that 70% of farmers have no problems, that means 30% of farmers have an issue. He then indicated that 2,500 farmers approximately were informed of the application deductions for the period from 2009 to 2012. I wish to establish whether it runs from 2008 to 2012 or from 2009 to 2012? Second, does that mean that the other 30,000 farmers are through the gap in respect of retrospection or that the Department has not got as far as dealing with them?

The major issue is retrospection, because it multiplies the sums involved by five.