Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a difficulty with that. This is a much broader debate. I engage with farmers who on all three counts are getting screwed at the moment. They are operating at a loss in terms of the prices they receive, they are on the lowest level of payments and they are getting no benefits for never having chopped down their hedges. They have maintained biodiversity on their grounds, they do not use artificial fertilisers and, as I said earlier, they have pristine water conditions. We need to get to a point where we are acknowledging and recognising farmers in that space.

I have one more question which may have been answered earlier. It is a technical question in regard to low emissions slurry spreading technology and how it relates to TAMS in terms of grant aid and how that might be impacted by the use of such equipment becoming obligatory. I do not know if Mr. Nolan has answered on that question already.