Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Social Farming: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Joseph McCrohan:
It is a very clear answer; if the Department could double the budget every five years for all of us. That is as simple a way as I could put it. It will be a real task for us to make sure that we get the farmers to match that budget and for people as participants but we are up for the game. There is merit in it. The Deputy has alluded to it. Some farmers want to get paid and if they do then that is fine; pay them. Some farmers might want to do it voluntarily, and if they do I would not stop them. Would the Deputy stop a person because they wanted to volunteer?