Dr. Alex Copland:

I do not have the statement here, but at the time that issue arose we made a joint statement with the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmer's Association and, I believe, the National Association of Regional Game Councils, NARGC, the Irish Natural Forestry Foundation and the West Cork Development Partnership on that and spoke to the Commission, the European Parliament and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the eligibility concerns that had been raised at the time. I cannot remember the exact details of it but I know we prepared a joint submission and did some advocacy work on that.