Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the restructuring of the Teagasc advisory service, which entails the closure and sale of many offices throughout the country at a time when the Minister of Agriculture and Food advises that finance for Teagasc is not a problem and when the Department returned €383 million to the Department of Finance over recent years. Never before did farmers need so much advice to deal with the single payment system and the nitrates directive.

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