Mr. John Enright:

Our concern is that a 5% or 10% cut in everybody's single farm payment will be proposed as part of Pillar 1. We are under pressure in terms of the budget and from other schemes, including the young farmer scheme, the international reserve, etc., all of which are good initiatives in their own right. The money for all these schemes must come from somewhere. We are concerned that the current Commission proposals on coupling could result in a 5% reduction in payment to dairy, tillage, sheep or suckler farmers.

Our objective is not to look after the people who receive payments above €100,000. The vast majority of our members receive single farm payments of between €5,000 and €20,000. Our objective-----