Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy should listen and cut out the misrepresentation.

The Minister realised at an early stage that slurry storage and the needs of the intensive dairy, pig and poultry sectors were issues. Following completion of a survey by Teagasc of storage levels on farms, the Minister has made proposals for major improvements to the farm waste management scheme in terms of grant rates and wider sectoral and measure coverage.

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