Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)

I will make a comment. I just listened to the closing statements. Obviously, I am one of the people who comes from an environmental perspective on many of these issues, but I do not see it as an either-or. Absolutely not. There is absolutely a way that we can get a sustainable and economically viable way of farming, which is fundamentally important because farmers are business people after all, that also stays within our environmental boundaries. Over years, we have had the farming sector, through policies, pushed onto an intensive road. I completely understand how frustrating it is for farmers to be told that they have been doing it wrong all these years and that they need to make changes. It will cost a huge amount of money, but has been pushed back to them. There should be supports for them to meet those targets and measures that we, as a country, and the environment need them to do. It is important that they, particularly smaller farmers, are supported in doing this. We need to protect those smaller farms because they are such a huge part of our country and heritage. That is very important. It is about getting the balance right in that.