Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I referred earlier to farmers in receipt of payments of €150,000 and the willingness or otherwise of the IFA to work towards a fair payments scheme for the significant number of farmers who receive less than €10,000 per annum and are unable to survive on that. How can we find a balance? I could not get the message through to the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, in order that he could gain a clear understanding of farmers who are in a difficult position because they have very low incomes. I would appreciate the witnesses' comments on that.