Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the members of the Macra delegation here today. They put a focused presentation in front of us. I would be interested to hear Macra's view on Deputy McConologue's point about the young farmers being longer than five years farming and failing to gain access to different schemes.

Another point in the Macra's presentation that I have seen pushed on a number of fronts for a number of years with no progress made is the tax relief on the leasing of farm land to family members. As it stands, it is far more advantageous to lease land to a stranger rather than to lease it to a family member. I note Macra includes in its presentation that the relief should be available on a one-term lease for no longer than seven years. Has Macra pushed this previously in a pre-budget submission and what response has Macra received? Macra has come at it in a inventive way and I would like to hear has it received positive soundings on it.