Tim Lombard (Fine Gael)
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If I could take the Beara Peninsula as an example, the unit area is the size of Louth. It is a huge area geographically, but the population of dairy farmers, in particular, and even of bovine farmers in general is very limited. These are low-stocked areas with farmers running fewer than 40 units. This part of the world cannot afford to have any reduction in stocking and so on to be viable at any level. One of the farmers in Ardgroom is in derogation. Is Ms Connolly fearful that if we lost these farmers to derogation, we would lose the connectivity on the peninsula that is so important?