Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Beef premium has been paid and the overshoot has been dealt with and passed by a committee in the Deputy's absence. Single farm payment will be paid on time in December and new alternatives are being worked on to try and support farming enterprises. I will continue with this work. Over a short period some 47,000 people have moved into REPS. Farmers are looking at alternatives.

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