Mr. Conall Bolger:

It is fair to say that we believe this issue is really material. We are definitely seeing evidence that it is dissuading farmers from participating. One can understand why. It is a very sensitive matter. There is also the demographic change in farming. In 2016, two in five farmers were over the age of 65. This is obviously a serious concern. With the benefit of being able to diversify incomes in situations where we are looking at one in three farms being viable, we really think that this is quite a material issue.

I will hand over to my colleague, Dr. Reale, who will talk about the impact she is seeing in her engagements with farmers.