Mr. Eoin Deegan:

I will come in and answer the question on whether we look at the balance. There has been very little movement in terms of crop cultivation and files coming forward at EU level in recent years. It has been very quiet on that front. Perhaps that tells a story in itself. We look at any potential crop cultivation issues on a case-by-case basis. It is very timely to bring up this issue as there is now an opportunity to address it through the legislative proposal that is to come back from the European Commission. We will be in a better position when we see what that legislative proposal entails. It will give us an opportunity, in consultation with all of the Departments, Government and State agencies and research bodies that are involved, to see whether we need to rethink any of our policy positions. It is just very timely. We will get that opportunity once we see what proposals come forward from the European Commission. It is acknowledged that the system is not working particularly well at the moment in respect of CRISPR-Cas9 techniques. Let us see what the Commission will put forward and we can evaluate it then.