Mr. Paul McKiernan:

Let us go back to the press release from May of last year. The Department set it out clearly in that press release. We appealed to the applicant to amend the application if it included ineligible land that was burnt outside the legal period. Few farmers took up that option. We met farming organisations, including those with commonage interests, and explained all of this in detail before the deadline. If an applicant continues to put in what is ineligible land, it will be subject to the interpretation of the regulation and how the penalties are calculated.