Mr. John Lynskey:

That is fine for farmers who are above the average, or slightly below it. There is a problem with farmers on the minimum payment, however. Their single farm payment will be increased to €150 per hectare with the help of the grassland payment. That is like asking people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. If the grassland scheme is not held as a stand-alone payment that the farmer can see, it will be completely lost to farmers who are on the minimum payment.