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

That creates a very interesting precedent. Some islands are very fertile and some are not so fertile. Some of those in the lake near me are well farmed, while some are in the sea. The Minister has just taken them as a group, viewing them as disadvantaged, with feed, etc., having to be brought in by barges or by boat. I welcome this, but the reality is that in many cases the mountain areas, as the Minister's own statistics would show, are also at a massive disadvantage compared with the rest of the country, but there is not much difference when one looks at livestock units per hectare.

Why does the Minister not follow that up with the same methodology in the short term for 15 to 17, inclusive, relating to mountain areas? This would mean that there would be a double payment in the mountain areas.