Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
5:30 pm
Mr. Conor O'Mahony:
In terms of the on-farm market valuation, we can only pay that once we get all of the paperwork returned on time from farmers. The farmer accepts the valuation and may have to help the valuer formulate a market valuation and may have to provide him with paperwork such as milk records or anything else. I do not have the exact figure off the top of my head. We have well over 90% compliance in terms of paying compensation, which is in line with our commitments as per the farmers' charter. Some delays may be caused by missing paperwork or something like that. Generally speaking, we endeavour to pay farmers as quickly as possible because we are very conscious of the financial impact on farmers.
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