Mr. Jack Nolan:

That is fully accepted. However, as Mr. Harris said earlier, every farmer has a bit to offer. An extensive farmer in the west or any part of Ireland who may have poaching from a round feeder over the winter, with the loss of sediment going to a watercourse, does as much harm as a very intensive farmer.

The Deputy is correct that we should be treating stock farmers differently, and we do. There are more requirements for derogation farmers, for example, but the Deputy should not think that being extensive means one is having no impact on water quality.