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

It is just the figure I am looking at in the context of the single farm payment, as Mr. Moloney may appreciate, is 130,000. Even if they are not farming cattle, the grass is still going to grow and it will be eaten in some way. Regarding the 55,000, if they make bales or silage it will be necessary to use plastic. I cannot fathom how there is a gap of 55,000 in the context of the 75,000 on the records of Mr. Moloney's organisation in this regard.

Additionally, Mr. Moloney said 20,000 tonnes came in last year and that it was a bad year for fertiliser. I understood, however, that we fed nearly the same number of cattle last winter as we did in any other winter. How did we feed the same number of cattle with 10,000 or 15,000 tonnes less?