Mr. Eoin Kinsella:

The penalties are a percentage of the overall single farm payment. If a farmer has a major non-compliance - such as spreading slurry outside the season, maybe coming up to Christmas - it is a straight 20% penalty. All farmers are aware of that regulation. To put this in context, a 20% penalty of my basic income would be substantial. These are the types of scenarios we come across. As for Lady's Island Lake, we have just under 4,500 farmers in the county. This year and going forward, we will be obliged to carry out 271 inspections under the GAP regulations. We are concentrating on different areas around the county. Since 2018, we have carried out 30 inspections. We are coming across very minor issues of non-compliance under the SI at present.