Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

We are involved in a consultation. After a week of discussions about the environment and climate change, when we look at Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, reports, generally speaking, they indicate that water quality is not improving. We have approximately 7,000 derogation farmers who have a special dispensation, so to speak, to operate at higher intensity levels than most others,. There are additional conditions attaching because high-intensity farming needs to be controlled. All we are saying is that we want to look again at the derogation against the backdrop of all of the information we have, including whatever comes from the IFA, but that we will rely on our own judgment for determining whether any adjustments are required and will have a public consultation about it. It is vital that we do this because it is very important that people are sensitised to the need to farm in a sustainable way. This this is part of that effort. What we are involved in right now is a public consultation.