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

Okay, I am not going to be nit-picking. The Minister knows I have supported him regarding the new CAP. The Minister and his Department officials were in Tuam last night and I think he is in Cavan next week. The more town hall meetings that can be done the better. I would be the first to say that, and it is not popular for members of the Opposition to say this, many farmers must learn or get to know about the different schemes existing. Some of them are still mesmerised by all this. A headline will be seen in the Irish Farmers' Journalabout the necessity of cutting the number of cows, and then farmers will ring up wondering whether it is compulsory, which it is not. Headlines are also seen stating farmers are going to get so much money in organic farming, or whatever, and then we will also see different headlines. They are nearly bamboozled with all the material out there. Getting information to farmers is important, because a fair few quid is available if people follow the money and know how to follow it. It is also extremely important that farmers going into the ACRES or the areas of natural constraint programmes adapt the best measures for them. If farmers are going into riparian zones-----