Mr. Paul Smyth:

I think that if we did a proper assessment on this, we would be frightened to learn who, on a net basis, could be eligible for farm assist. The fact that the number of farmers is decreasing shows that farm assist is not working. It is not that farmers are getting out of the business or farms are getting larger; it is that farmers cannot stay in business. If farm assist was working, we would see a stabilisation in farm numbers.