Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agricultural Schemes: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

5:30 pm

Mr. John Muldowney:

Starting with the reference costs, again Mr. Savage has highlighted a lot. We are keeping a close eye on what those are. At present, we are reasonably close for most items. There are one or two items where we are out of kilter but how we pull together the costs is based on receipts submitted by farmers. That is the evidence base of what farmers are doing on the ground, so we can see actual costs paid by farmers.