Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Paul Daly for that.

I refer to the future, that is, the next seven or eight months. We are looking at a derogation that will be decided in the next 13 to 14 months. What tangible processes can be put in place so that there is change in those months? Storage cannot be provided. There were huge issues in TAMS not being done. We are very tight on time here to make real significant changes. We will have the Minister in at some stage on this. In the next 18 months, when we have run this derogation through, what can we deliver on the ground a one of the key issues?

The second issue I might ask our guests to comment on is the proposed changes on maps. We will have a mapping change in the next few months. If that happens, the sentiment among farmers, including dairy farmers, could be a huge issue as well.

I will ask both Mr. Buckley and Mr. Drennan to comment quickly.