Mr. Clive Carter:

I will get to that. I will start with Deputy McLoughlin, who said he feels the CAP is geared towards productive farms. The original CAP was established to ensure food security for Europe and was linked to the food produced. The more productive farms received larger payments. When the system changed and subsidies were no longer linked to food production, the more productive farms still received more. Those productive farms have been receiving a bigger cut than less productive farmers.

I am a small farmer and may not be the most productive, but productive farmers are still receiving a bigger cut and are producing more for their CAP payments. While hill and sheep farmers in Donegal feel their sector is being underfunded in terms of research, they are not the only ones. Most other sectors feel they are being underfunded in Teagasc, or it is underfunded in most sectors which are not grass or dairy-based. A small part of Teagasc is devoted to tillage and it does incredible work given its resources. We would love to see that sector expanded. Every other sector, such as beef, would love to see its sector promoted a bit more.

Deputy Kenny mentioned hemp. It was an example of what could be done. I thought about it yesterday and decided to mention it. I do not know much about it, but it was an example of how we can solve a few problems. I understand it was produced in Ireland 100 years ago and still is.