Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)

That is really helpful. While we are on this matter, I will ask a couple of follow-up questions. For those of us who cannot visualise 1,000 cu. m, do we have a sense of the size of that physically? That would be helpful. In the same way that conditions are attached in terms of setbacks, etc., for the animal housing, are there any conditions to be applied here? One of the things this committee often considers is the Environmental Protection Agency's report on water quality. Clearly, nitrates are not the only challenge in our water quality but, according to the recent EPA report, they are one of the challenges. Will there be any mechanism to try to make sure that the stated intention, as the Minister of State has set out, will be what transpires in practice? Again, if this assists in better management of slurry and a reduction in slurry being spread at suboptimal times, then that will be positive. Will there be some mechanism to try to assess that, in collaboration with the EPA, to ensure it has the intended impact?