Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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I will move to financial questions, as I am sure the Chair is glad to hear. As regards the sheep welfare scheme, notwithstanding the fact I agree with other members that we need to go much further than the €12 increase, that €12 represents a 20% increase but the allocation has only been increased by 11%. Is that because it was undersubscribed for last year or is it expected that the number participating will reduce? This relates to subhead B8.