Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Areas of Natural Constraint: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
3:30 pm
Mr. Thomas Harty:
The process that led us to the current map included specific constraint. One of those included small farm size, around 80% less than the national average. That is already built into this final process so that farmers of smaller, fragmented holdings or in respect of the land quality can have an impact on viability. That data is already in there. In the appeals process we will be able to tell people why they did not get in and they can examine that to see if there is an issue that they want to bring back to the committee.
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