Mr. Joe Condon:

On the subject of rewetting and the question the Senator asked, there is also conflicting information on this. Information was given this morning on minor changes or rewetting to a certain degree, but this is an EU technical guidance document. It says that minor changes to the water table and partial rewetting will most likely not yield sufficient credits for a competitive return on land and business case. Partial rewetting will just not cut it for this technical guidance note. The land would have to be rewet to the surface completely. We all like a dry house and a dry bed. One can imagine the animal welfare issues of having stock in that type of environment. Agricultural activity would not be possible.