Grants for the control of farmyard pollution should be made available to every farmer. This is another example of bureaucracy strangling a scheme, because the facts speak for themselves: 800 farmers or 20% of those who apply for a grant have been refused. Again, the income limit for this scheme should be abolished and investment should be increased from €50,000 to €75,000. Farmers should get the same level of grant from the EU as municipal authorities get to cater for their sewerage problems.