Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have very clearly committed to delivering a solution and outcome for these farmers. A number of considerations are being fully explored, for example, state aid considerations, the capacity to deliver it, and how it could be delivered within state aid constraints. There is also the budgetary aspect of it as well as the building out of the IT system which would be needed to identify all the farmers accurately and to deliver the final scheme. That work is ongoing and it will take a number of months to work through that. This is something I have been clearly committed to and have given a clear commitment to bring it to a finality. These are farmers who have been farming for 15 to 20 years and who are affected by it. As I said, over the past year a big focus has been on delivering this current CAP, making sure it is delivered well and that it supports farmers. This is a legacy issue that goes back more than ten years, that I am committed to finalising, and that I will do over the course of this year.

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