Mr. Philip Roddy:

That is fine. I just wished to make the point that I believe I represent a large number of organic farmers in that I have a small farm in the west with difficult land. Organic farming has amazing potential in my situation. To be truthful, the land is not really capable of high production even though the organics scheme is production linked. We accept that. Politically, it should be explored further. To refer to Senator Mulherin's point regarding local markets and the like, there is fantastic potential there in the west, to take one example, and on marginal land regardless of where it is. It would be nice to see more emphasis on encouraging that from the perspective of both the environment and sustainability. We are all well aware of the mass exodus from the land and of vast areas becoming depopulated. Something that would add value to what is being produced there would be of fantastic importance and would have several potential knock-on effects on the environment, tourism and so forth.