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

I know that, but I am asking the question. We have €113 million more. In 2015 when we had no carbon tax we took in 50,000 farmers. After some dropped off, we ended up at 46,000 or 47,000. Now we are saying we are not fit to bring in 9,500 farmers even though we had money for 4,000 and there is an extra €112 million. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, said that all these farmers need to know there will be better environmental schemes and we will be taking them all in. At a time when we talk about carbon and the environment, we are saying to the farmers who applied that we cannot take them in. Will the Minister tell me why that is?