Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael)
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I thank Mr. Gleeson for his presentation. Most of the issues I wished to comment on have already been raised. We started on the wrong foot with this scheme.

People thought it was a suckler cow scheme. We must remind people that it is an environment scheme and is equivalent to schemes such as REPS, AEOS or GLAS. That is the message behind the scheme and why there is a six-year tie-in.