Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is an issue in my part of the country where we have very fragmented farms and many farmers would have smaller buildings on out farms. If the whole objective behind this is to try to encourage consolidation, which is far more necessary in my part of the country than anywhere else, although it is not happening there, the rewording introduced here may act as an impediment to facilitating that. That is why I raise it with the Minister of State.