Mr. Bill Callanan:

I will have to defer on that question. It is better for Teagasc to answer this rather than me because I know there are sensitivities around the use of data, which is voluntarily supported by the farmers in an area, for a compliance process that is run by the EPA. From history and my engagement, I know about such sensitivities. For example, with the national farm survey Teagasc has always been very sensitive and careful about its use because that is dependent on full engagement based on anonymity for farmers. In setting up the ASSAP, in my experience of this, there was considerable discussion at the time about the data, their use and what farmers were willing to support through an ASSAP on their land area. Concerns were assuaged by the reality that these data were not used from a compliance point of view by bodies such as the EPA. We got buy-in from local farmers on this basis.