Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is also the issue that if farmers are converging upwards, it lowers their baseline a little. Even if one is above the national average, it reduces the amounts which brings one nearer to the original figure.

We have given this issue a fair hearing, by both members and non-members. I will call them non-members rather than visitors. I thank everybody for what I hope has been an engaging discussion. I also thank the officials for coming. They will appreciate that, from everybody's point of view, there was a benefit in having ongoing engagement as the documents only arrived this morning. I hope that they can come back to us on the issues that have been raised and which need to be clarified. I am not saying we will have to assemble everybody again, but if Dr. Smyth, Dr. Grogan and Mr. Evans want to come back to clarify matters, we will be more than happy to facilitate them.