Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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The concept of exempting farms of less than 10 ha is good. How did the Commission happen across the 10 ha? Farmers in Ireland are largely compliant, are used to following and are environmentally focused. Was there not an opportunity to make the case that the exemption should be extended beyond 10 ha in Ireland? That size would still be considered significantly below that of the average small family farm. In the interests of simplification, one would think that should be pushed out. Is there an opportunity within the process to push the size of the farm out further?