Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We would need to get more of the carbon tax to do that. In regard to ACRES, compared with GLAS we have 50% extra funding for that now, so that is being spread across. On the co-operation project, that is significantly higher than what was there for people in GLAS. The general scheme is also a good deal higher than what would have been there for people in GLAS previously. There are still limits. We got an extra 50% increase from the Government for the rural development programme but there is a ceiling in relation to what that will do. It did mean that we were able to accept everybody who applied to the suckler cow scheme. It meant that in relation to ACRES last year we were able to accept everybody in, and the sheep welfare scheme likewise. In regard to organics, we have been able to accept everybody in. However, it will reach a ceiling whereby we will have allocated all of that 50% extra funding. The carbon tax has been split three ways, to ACRES, retrofitting of homes and-----