Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Michael Moroney:

The grant aid system for the machines does not allow for financing it under a leasing programme. It must be a capital investment directly. As most contractors finance their machinery systems through leasing programmes, that also disenfranchises them for that opportunity.