Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. Dr. Bleasdale referred to protecting species - birds and insects and getting down to the basis of it. I made the point to him previously that farmers currently need to have a certain number of livestock units to get their base payments and if a beehive, for instance, was considered a livestock unit, that could effect change. Not only would farmers have an interest in doing that, they would also have an interest in having a habitat for that species.