Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. If a special scheme is created because of GAEC, there will be no way of getting at the money. It would be about as realistic as the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow in Connemara. The simple way to do it is through the Commission's proposal whereby one does not blame farmers for being born into bad land. The single payment gives the EU its return on the high nature value payment. That is the simple way of doing it. In return for that, one must observe GAEC requirements and the greening condition.