Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Public Expenditure Allocation 2013: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
10:30 am
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Allow me to nail down that point. The single farm payment does not come directly from Europe to farmers. In fact, it must be administered by my Department, which involves a cost. More than 400 staff are employed in administering the scheme.
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