Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The people who actually do these on the ground are telling us this is not practicable. The obvious thing to do is to get involved in the lowland because this is going to be so difficult to get agreement. We are not getting the same vibes as Mr. Dillon seems to be getting. I have to support Deputy Kyne on that.

May I ask a question to clarify what Deputy Kyne asked? What we were told was that if a farmer is in AEOS at the moment and wants to join GLAS, that he or she has to join GLAS on the same day as everybody else. If the five of us are in a commonage, and four of us decide to go into GLAS next year, and Deputy Kyne is in AEOS and has two years to run, if he wants subsequently to get into GLAS then he has to actually leave AEOS and join GLAS with two years to run on his scheme. That is what we were told. Is it the case?