Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I will come in on that. As all of the forecasting we do is very much at a macroeconomic level, it would not take account of matters such as that, even given their scale. It is a fair point that it is something we should consider. All of our forecasting is done at a national level. At times, we find it difficult to take into account sectoral-specific developments, even if those sectoral developments are really important. I am sure the Department of agriculture has done work on it. I know it is engaging with the Commission about the future of the derogation. I will certainly take that point away to see if it is something we could consider more in the forecasting we do.