Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister of State is saying that if a farmer can prove that when the designation came in, he had 300 sheep and the Department reduced him to 200, he can now go back to 300 because no restriction has been brought in. Of course, the Minister of State knows that is not true, as do I. In reality, the Department, unilaterally and contrary to the regulations under the habitats directive, did away with the compensation. I am asking if the Minister of State is going to reinstate it and comply with the law.