Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Hold on. Let us go back over this issue. This is a thing that is being thrown out at the moment. The reality is that a farm of 40, 50 or 60 acres is not viable but a person might have an off-farm job, as well as the farm, that keeps him or her viable. No more than when Bord na Móna workers who worked in Bord na Móna and had a bit of farming were viable. When one is gone, however, then they are basically gone as a family in a community. What is the answer to the question I have I asked?