Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

On the question on stocking density, nobody will be excluded from the scheme based on his or her stocking density. We are saying a stocking density of 1.5 animals per hectare is used to calculate the maximum number of hectares that will attract payment. In other words, what we will do is divide the number of calved cows in 2014 by 1.5 to come up with a maximum payable area. That does not mean that somebody cannot have a higher stocking density than 1.5 calved cows per hectare, but he or she will be paid only on the qualifying number of hectares. Some 50% of suckler farmers have a stocking density of 0.5 or lower. Some 90% have a stocking density of one or lower, while 98% have a stocking density below 1.5. The 2% who do not have a stocking density lower than 1.5 can still apply under the scheme.