Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas

4:00 pm

Mr. Liam O'Keeffe:

Some of the previous schemes were also unreasonable. I know of farmers who had to cut 50 acres of rushes with strimmers, which in this day and age seems ridiculous. It is important any new scheme that comes in is workable and reasonable and does not ask ridiculous things of people.