Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know from your protests around the country at the minute that over-regulation is big issue. We have great sympathy for farmers with regard to that. Farmers want to be out farming, protecting the environment and doing the best for the country. They do not want to be burdened with paperwork, and it is putting a huge additional cost on them. Has the IFA given any thought to this whole issue of over-regulation and paperwork, and what can be done to address this? What are the IFA's key proposals on it? I know we are going slightly off the derogation issue on this but I am conscious, as I hear it an awful lot from farmers.