Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Concerns for Sourcing Winter Animal Feed in Shannon Callows Area: Discussion
Mr. Michael Silke:
That has not been clarified. The scheme is for fodder. It does not say anything about grazing. That is where we are in a muddle. We do not understand if we will be paying for the grazing land as it goes to fodder land. As I explained at the start, there is 7,000 acres of grazing in the Shannon Callows and 7,000 acres of meadows. I would have thought, if one was in the Shannon Callows and one's land was flooding the whole year, which it is, then irrespective of which side one is on, one would get the payment. That has not been clarified.
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