Mr. Liam Hanrahan:

As already mentioned, there is no doubt but that there is a greater uptake of the likes of solar panels and anaerobic digestion in Europe. From an integration point of view, my point on integration was in terms of working with tillage and beef farmers in terms of buying and selling rations and stock.

Going back to the Deputy's point about land availability, our policies are about encouragement as opposed to control, or that is what we would like to think anyway. Regarding geographical areas and spread, I am from west Clare and we are farming there. A proposal could be put forward to ensure we got a higher rate in TAMS, as one of those geographical areas with a lower population. Introducing a higher TAMS threshold would be something to do, at 80% or €120,000.