Mr. Hugh Farrell:

It is a simple thing the Senator referenced - simplicity. There are 20 pages in the application form. A very basic thing is that we are fed up with going to planners and different people. No matter what we hand out today, we are handing out money to get paper filled in. That day has to stop. We have to be able to do our own work. I do not think we are so badly educated that we should not be able to do it. A message we need to get out loud and clear is the need for something very simple and basic. I do not understand why everything has to be in a confused form. There are accountants who do up farmers' incomes on a regular basis and on an annual basis.

They can easily see this issue in front of them, that is, the returns people on a farm have. They can identify them, and maybe forward information or advise them to look for it. We also have Citizens Information. Maybe we need rural clinics. We need it to promote this. We never see any advertising as far as farm assist is concerned. We have bodies there, but farmers are a sector that is not looked after. Every other area is, but we are not. We need to get more information on it out there in the media, give it better publicity, show the need for it and not be ashamed to look for it because we are entitled to it.