Mr. John Joe Fitzgerald:

From my own point of view, the farm assist application form has more the 20 pages and needs to be simplified.

As well as that, many farmers who are on farm assist have a fear of the inspector. That comes across as well, even talking to farmers in Kerry about it. With the assessments once a year, but then the assessment every three years, there is a bit of fear there. That is why a lot of them do not apply for it. In my father's time, I always had the fear of seeing the dole man coming through the door, and the inspector. That fear is still there in a lot of people.