Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Rural Development Plan 2014-2020: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
3:35 pm
Dr. Kevin Smyth:
The Deputy is absolutely right about the level of breeding of animals. This will not be done overnight. It is a long-term process but if we do not see increased activity we will have problems. What we are examining is a flat-rate disallowance on all farm payments. I refer to the €1.5 billion. A flat-rate percentage could be taken off.