Mr. Bill Callanan:

The Deputy asked about the split. To date, we have not split between larger and smaller. In terms of caution, and we can get data in terms of this if the Deputy so wishes, the average dairy herd is between 90 and 100 cows. This is off the top of my head so I do not want to be absolute about it, but in terms of the figures I saw previously, there were about 1,200 farms with more than 200 cows. Against that number, which is 16,500 or 17,000 farms, those larger farms are very visible but they are exception rather than the rule in terms of Irish dairy production, which involves that 90 to 100-cow herd.