Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3:35 pm

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

Has the calculation been done allowing for the net effect based on farmers' practices? As Mr. Smyth says, all sorts of photographs are taken so the Department will be keeping track of who has what on the hill. If the farmers who do not currently put stock on the mountain, who comprise approximately 50%, are all put out of the schemes, what will be net loss to the economy in the relevant areas as a consequence?

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