Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)

I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have been on farms where, basically, a number of people have been on this together, for example, at Boyle and Ballinlough, at Murphy's in Athenry and at Barlow's in Glinsk. It is great what it has done.

I cannot get my head around one thing. I am trying to fathom it. Is the Leitrim body the overarching body for all of Ireland or are there different parts throughout the country? The witnesses said the Department of agriculture gave €200,000 or €400,000, and there are the other Departments, including the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton’s Department. How many farmers are involved? What is the administration cost against what the farmers get? I cannot fathom the whole structure.