Mr. Patrick Byrne:

There is a number of options. Advisory notices and a report on the inspection is the very starting point. This would be for the more minor issues. They will be followed up by a follow-up site visit or farm visit in this case. Escalation of that could be a cross report to the Department of agriculture by the local authority after the local authority inspection. In that way its cross report means it is actually a report to Department of agriculture, which then evaluates whether there should be financial penalty under the single farm payment, as it used to be. In really severe cases where there is actually discharged water or a blatant and significant water pollution incident, there is the option of prosecution either under the CAP regulations or the water pollution Acts. A provision for escalation is available in the legislation.