Dr. Paul Crosson:

I thank Deputy Crowe for the question. He was not in the room earlier. The algorithm has not changed. I think Deputy Mythen asked this previously. It is the same algorithm that was initially used in 2012. We used it again in 2015 when the prices changed and we updated it again this year in line with price changes. It is the same model. Of course, parts of it have changed. The greenhouse gas emissions component has been included in the model since the 2012 iteration but it is the same model that was used. The process is that the ICBF has a review or an update of economic values. We are requested to carry out that analysis. The dairy beef index, DBI, was completed last year and the request was for the suckler index this year.