Mr. Jack Nolan:

I wanted to refer to the example of Leitrim. Teagasc launched a roadmap about three months ago on dairying, and 6,000 jobs will be available over the next ten years. That is the number of people who need to come into the industry. One of the really successful things that has been done is contract heifer rearing in Leitrim.

As alternatives are being developed, it is just a matter of getting new ideas going. Dairy farmers want to milk off their own land and have the heifers reared elsewhere. There are options out there and Leitrim is one the counties specifically mentioned in this regard.