Mr. John Enright:

Mr. O'Donnell mentioned a figure of €22 million in terms of capping. We support the capping of payments. The €22 million is equivalent to €176 per farmer. If there is to be an effective CRISS payment, there must be a linear cut across every farmer's payment. There must be a clear analysis of what that means for every farmer. There could be unintended consequences. People in receipt of large payments were referenced in the presentations. A farmer in receipt of €100,000 or €200,000 will qualify under CRISS just as a farmer in receipt of €1,000 will.

We said that convergence is crude, which it is. As our president said, in many cases, a person who is not farming and has all his or her entitlements leased will gain under convergence. Peat farmers who are getting €10,000 will see their payment cut to increase a payment to somebody who receives €35,000, €40,000 or €50,000. If that is not crude, I am not sure what is.

We set out clearly in our submission details of what we believe defines a genuine farmer. We said that the ANC minimum stocking density should be applied. A farmer should also have a certain level of output from his or her farm. We have, therefore, set out exactly what should be done in that regard.

We also set out the need for generational renewal programmes under Pillar 2, both for the young farmer coming in and the old farmer retiring. These are not in place at present and are needed if we are serious about this issue. I will leave it at that. Those are the important points.