Michael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief. I thank the witnesses for their presentation, which was very informative with a lot of work done on it. Back at home we work very closely with Teagasc and I am involved in discussion groups. An issue which comes up quite a lot at the moment is places for education. It is a great incentive for young farmers. Will we be able to deliver the necessary courses for them for the green cert? I believe there were 175 applications for 39 or 40 places in Sligo-Leitrim. I know it came up at the launch in Bundoran that Teagasc was looking for more staff or resources to do that. I want to agree with the whole GLAS application issue, which looks as though it was very short and will have to be extended. It is something we will work on.