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

When Commissioner Hogan is here tomorrow, I presume it would be a good idea for him to bring his good offices to bear on the Government and encourage it to simplify the administration of Leader under the new Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and to get rid of all the layers. However, he might have to discuss that matter with himself in the first instance. He might remember that a certain Mr. Hogan, who is related to him, brought in most of this complication. I can ask the Commissioner about this tomorrow, but I take it that there is no objection from Brussels to simplifying the Leader programme next time round and turning it into the nice slim-line model that used to obtain. I presume it would be a help to the Minister if he did away with some of the over-regulation and the over-checking regarding sums that amount to peanuts and tried to focus more on making money available on the ground.