Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Future Plans: Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

5:25 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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-----the best source of funding for high-nature farming, which could resolve these issues and which was being thrown into these areas in recognition of their importance by the European Union, it was suddenly pulled back by the Government. This leaves a bad taste in people's mouths, and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will suffer the whirlwind. We must make a major move towards recognising that if people are going to be the custodians of the natural heritage, they must still put bread on the table and feed their families.