Mr. Paul Savage:

The Deputy mentioned the issue of sustainability across the different regulations. It might be worth mentioning the conversion of the farm accountancy data network regulation to the farm sustainability data network regulation. What is proposed under that is that effectively the collection of data will be expanded to include environmental and social data so that we can manage those wider impacts of policies, in a general sense, under the CAP, and be able to report on that. The Commission can monitor the progress relating to those particular criteria. It is trying to flesh out the measurement of the impact of the CAP and to gather data on the measurement of the impact of the CAP, which reflects the evolution towards greater sustainability in the way that the CAP has evolved. Sustainability elements will be included in the data collection process. It means that a more complete picture will be provided, in addition to the basic economic and accountancy data that is there at the moment. From our point of view, a lot of that data is already collected by our colleagues in Teagasc, and Mr. Moran can provide more detail on that if required. We have quite a good collection of sustainability data on an annual basis, which goes into the Teagasc sustainability report. We think we are in a reasonable position to be able to move fairly readily into the type of additional data collection the Commission envisages. There are no particular concerns, from our point of view, regarding the actual collection of sustainability data.