Noel O'Donovan (Fine Gael)

I am conscious of the messaging from this committee, as I said. It would be helpful to have a comment from the Department directly to farmers on the work done in the past number of years in terms of reducing emissions and where the farming community needs to go. When the news was coming out about derogation and the new habitats directive, people I represent in west Cork were, rightly, asking questions. They were saying they had been doing all this, it had come to no avail and now the goalposts had changed. I want a strong message from the Department in terms of keeping up this work because complacency tends to set in-----