Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Reference was made to grants. Have the witnesses examined the percentage of farmers who have slatted sheds and the length of time cattle are housed in sheds? Farmers in the west would have cattle housed for way longer than their counterparts in the area from which the Chairman comes because the land quality there would be different. Farther south, cattle would be out grazing earlier, perhaps in February. What is the average length of time cattle are housed in sheds? From the witnesses' research, if they have done any, what number of slatted sheds are in the country? What would be the ballpark cost for farmers to go down this road? Would it be expensive to install this system in an average three-bay shed or a three-bay double shed with a suspended passage? I accept the cost would depend on the scale. Is the compressor an ordinary compressor that would be run on electricity?