Mr. Bill Callanan:

CAP payments are universal across the EU and subject to universal rules, and these include the three-crop rule. The arable sector in Ireland makes up about 5% to 6% of the total land area, whereas in Europe it is 50%. Therefore, its impact is driven by many European countries as opposed to Ireland. Equally, from a climate perspective, whether there are three different crops or a monoculture of barley, wheat or another crop is not going to make a difference to our overall climate numbers. It is the volume of arable that is the critical issue.