Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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I cannot understand that the terms and conditions of GLAS state that the EU promotes the sowing of trees and all of that - and it could be due to the EU rather than the Department because we see it in appeals - but also state that we cannot go near the ground that is on the scheme. I just cannot fathom it, if the EU is talking about trees, which is one of its big agendas at present, and a farmer who wants to sow a few acres of trees cannot do so. I ask the Minister to look at that.