Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To come back to the sheep sector and the scheme, that sector did not get its fair share of the funding that was made available. Is there any way that can be looked at again, or a scheme put in place, to assist it? As I said, it is indirect but it affects those in the sector directly as regards markets. They have suffered over the past number of years. Even at present, they are finding it difficult. Small farmers in rural Ireland in particular are the ones we should be trying to target but, in fact, it is the bigger companies and bigger markets that are drawing down the bigger funds. Will the officials have a look at that scheme again?