Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)

I thank the witnesses for coming in. It is a fantastic initiative. It is amazing. I thank Brendan for giving us his insight and first-hand experience. He is very welcome, as are all of the witnesses.

I want to ask about the funding as I am struggling to understand it. Kerry gets €100,000 per year but does not pay the farmers, and there is no mechanism to pay the farmers in Kerry for social farming. Social Farming Ireland gets €400,000 a year to run the other 25 counties and fund the farmers for that, but that is made up from other Departments and budgets. Is that right?