Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The committee will ask for a detailed note on the matter. Mr. Gleeson keeps referring to the lack of demand. Farmers did not apply for the very good reason we have just been discussing. There was a condition attached whereby they would have to reduce their future agricultural output to be accepted onto the scheme. That is like telling a person that he or she will be given a grant now because he or she is stuck, but including a condition that he or she will have to reduce his or her potential income in future years.