Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Just a second now, I cannot get this into my head. If the officials are going in and saying to a farmer that they are sampling the land to look at the soil quality and this could be detrimental for him down the road, he will show them the gate. Will the officials explain whether this is voluntary? Is it going to be explained to farmers that officials are coming in to look at their land and whether the farmers can say they do not want the officials in there to do that? Can the farmers of Ireland do that so the officials will not have any sample from 4 million ha?