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

With all due respect, even if a farmer was paid €1,000 more, it is a five-year plan. There is no point whipping it off their BISS or their CRISS or whatever they are getting.

There is no point in sending out a letter the following week saying “I want this back” or “I want that back”. It is like waiting in the grass for someone. They will be paid for five years, so it is pretty simple. If they were willing to wait a year or a year and half for money, surely to God one could say to them that we can straighten matters out and balance it the following year.