Mr. Kevin Kinsella:

Yes, the second question was the first. There is a significant difference between the sheep and beet sectors. What we want to do is maintain the sheep sector. We have a chance to maintain it. Unfortunately, there is no beet sector. My next point relates to a point made by Deputy Martin Ferris. We would argue that we have stabilised our ewe numbers at this stage. If through this change, ewe numbers start to fall again, we will become very concerned. We think we will lose critical mass which we need to be able to maintain the processing plants and service the markets we are in. If we were to lose another couple of 100,000 ewes, which might happen, suddenly we are not able to be a substantial player in places like France and the other markets we are in so that is an important issue.

In respect of Deputy Barry's first question, it is set out very clearly in figure 2, which is a Bord Bia figure. The difference between the figures relates to the 4,000 or 4,500 imports that come into the system.