Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the witnesses have said, the Minister has made it clear he will not introduce a coupled payment and does not intend to move funds from Pillar I to Pillar II. He has ruled all of that out. He is going back to look at it again. It seems that the only option is to provide for the grassland scheme through Pillar II. This third option was outlined by Deputy Ó Cuív. Would it be acceptable if the Minister were to ring-fence €18 million under Pillar II in such a manner?