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

With regard to the figure of 46,000 people, we used to always be roughly around 50,000, give or take a few thousand, in schemes such as the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, energy efficiency obligation scheme, EEOS, or whatever. Where the Minister was looking for 30,000 or 60,000 more people, will he be allowing 20,000 in the next round? What way will that be done? If farmers are buying into something, will the Minister encourage them by saying the numbers do not matter and we will welcome them all in? Will we still be dealing with the same figures over the €1.5 billion the Minister talked about?