The new agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, was welcomed by many farmers. There was to be a system of a scorecard and an app that the Department had put together, especially for those in the commonage areas, for marking the different types of flowers and so on. This app has not worked properly and it was 23 days late in transferring the different portions of land across. The planners around the country are under ferocious pressure and they are asking the Government if it will extend the deadline from the end of August, because they will not get to it. I was talking to a lady planner on Saturday and she could not even get the Internet and the app was not working properly. It is causing huge problems.

Second, there is a huge problem coming down the line in the licensing of cobalt. Will the Government address that with the EU? There is a huge problem there, especially with sheep.

I will respond to the Deputy. ACRES is a hugely important agri-environment scheme and we have seen a massive amount of ambition from Irish farmers in this, with 46,000 of them signing up for it. It was a big undertaking for us in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make sure we could facilitate that oversubscription because originally there were only 30,000 places available. We made it clear at that time that timelines are tight to make sure we get people paid. I take the Deputy's point of view on the app on board. I will bring that back to my officials and raise that point but I am hugely cognisant that what is important to the farmers and advisers who are undertaking all these measures is that they get paid this year and that they get paid when they expect to get paid. Any delays in the process have a knock-on impact in terms of pay and that is why getting the app right is really important. I will bring that point back as well as the Deputy's point on cobalt.