Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility: Discussion

2:00 pm

Mr. Bryan Hynes:

On installation aid, if one asks any young farmer, including me, when he or she needs money, the obvious answer will be that money is needed on the day he or she starts farming because they have set-up, capital infrastructure and stock costs. While it is good to receive payments spread over five years, as Deputy Penrose pointed out, the ideal scenario for young farmers would be if installation aid were reinstated.