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

Before Dr. Lanigan comes in, therein lies a major problem. We know the best way of encouraging farmers to do something is if they can see a direct benefit in their own water quality or their own land. We hear all these discussions about national herds and all that. In a sense we actually have tens of thousands of individual farms and the only way we can make a difference is if people are making a difference on their individual farms. The only way we can do that is if we can point to them and show them what the current situation is. I cannot get my head around why we are talking about this national picture. It is about how we bring that down to a local level and especially a local farm basis.