Mr. Matthew McGreehan:

Social farmers must be paid. Farmers are well used to working for low money but we have to get paid if the scheme is to be sustainable. There is nothing wrong with getting paid. Everyone else in the services is paid. It costs a huge amount of money to run these services and what social farmers get would only be minuscule. I reiterate that social farmers must get paid and the scheme is not sustainable in the long run if we do not get paid. I like social farming. I do not just do it for the money but I would not be able to afford to do it if I did not get paid.