Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will ask a couple of questions before I go back to the witnesses. They mentioned greening measures. With the new CAP that is around the corner, with ongoing negotiations and talks, the perception is that the present greening measures that were introduced in the last and the present CAP have not really worked. Do they have any view on that and what way would they see that going in the future? They mentioned GLAS and that it should be better funded more so than anything else. Do they see GLAS being reviewed to take greening measures into account? On cost savings and the comparison between the conservation type and conventional tillage farming, what type of cost saving would the witnesses see because it is all about reducing costs to try to create more profitability at the other end. Where do they see that going and have they done analysis on figures on that? One of the biggest challenges over the next number of years will be climate change. How do the witnesses see conservation farming or agriculture playing its part in that?