Mr. Anthony Coleman:

To address that again, with regard to the ownership of it, an oversight committee has been established specifically for the farming for water EIP, which is jointly chaired by both Departments and involves LAWPRO, Dairy Industry Ireland, Teagasc and Bord Bia. New structures are, therefore, being put in place. We recognise the weaknesses to date in reporting. New systems have been put in place. Teagasc has a new IT system now. It is updating the backlog of referrals and the information that is coming back from farmers. We know there needs to be more of a focus on that and it needs to translate into applications true to the EIP.

We will have more visibility then of the measures being put on the ground as those systems are put in place. On regular reporting, we are now meeting every month to address those issues.