Susan O'Keeffe (Labour)
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I thank the Chairman. A lot of information has been given and I ask the delegations to forgive us because it will take us a moment to get our heads around it.
With regard to the 32% rate for agriculture, what is the reduced target we must aim for? Is 32% okay if we change other things? How might the GLAS scheme help us to reach our target? GLAS was mentioned but it did not get a big mention. Perhaps that is just the way the delegation has given us particular bits of information and not other bits. How important is GLAS to the activities of Teagasc?
Mention was made of the single overarching need to get people to change their behaviour. We have seen the EUsafefood operate the Operation Transformation scheme and the EPA mentioned smart farming. Can the GLAS proposals change our situation?