Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Social Farming: Discussion
2:00 am
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
In terms of the overall picture, irrespective of whether it is a voluntary model or a paid model, who co-ordinates this on the ground? Who accepts a farm? All the witnesses are saying they want more farmers but not every farmer, with the greatest will in the world, is ideal. Ninety-nine out of 100 farmers could be ideal for this scheme but the 100th will view the scheme as providing cheap labour.
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