Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed)

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

Is it possible that that budget will be increased? This is for the simple reason that multispecies grasses are nearly twice the price. The cost is approximately €95 per acre as against €60 per acre. While €1 million is welcome, if we are trying to bring farmers throughout the country on board, is there any way of upping it a bit?

I will say to the Minister, and this might be case of "Take a fool's advice", that if grass seeds are sown that a farmer will not be able to spray, generally, the back end of the year is always the best time for less weeds and stuff. Are officials looking at sowing early this spring or during the back end of the year?

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