Mr. John Enright:

To follow on from Mr. McCormack's comment, we do not want a situation next spring where farmers are looking to buy fertiliser and are told they are not registered. It would be ridiculous. Our understanding is that the Department already has all the information it requires about farmers. Why require them to apply to the register? We are really complicating things here and creating more headaches for farmers. The sanctions must be clarified as well.