Tom Barry (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. If farmers have had a very small payment to date, for example, a payment of €2,000 or €3,000, the fact that they have a large tranche of land and payments are being moved over to raise them to €150 per hectare means that their overall farm payment will rise significantly. There is no demand on a farmer to have a significant stock of sheep to match that payment increase. Will some farmers gain disproportionately? Should we be looking at protecting the ones who are very marginalised?