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

It was not based on current activity because it normally was that only if it curtailed current activity would they compensate the farmer. It was nothing to do with development because they always believed it was their right, under notifiable actions. In every other SAC sheet I have ever seen - I have seen a lot of them - the whole issue centred on whether they curtailed what the farmer was doing. They paid compensation but they did not pay for -----