Mr. Paul Savage:

The final issue the Deputy raised was the definition of "farmer" and the stocking rate for the entire year, and there is a World Trade Organization, WTO, dimension to that. On the definition of "farmer", from our point of view, we have to comply with WTO rules, which prevent reference to a production requirement. If there is anything relating to production, it effectively contravenes the WTO rules. When we consider how we define farmers, the underlying principle from our point of view is that the land has to be kept in a state suitable for farming. That is the stricture we have in terms of how we go about that definition. In terms of minimum requirement, again, we have to avoid the possibility that it is being linked to production.

On the Deputy's question about many part-time farmers being in danger and what the response to that might be, is he talking about a specific measure or the kinds of things we might look at in a broader sense?