Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

The Minister referred to the dairy sector. Will the derogation be available to pig and poultry farmers? Has Teagasc investigated the possibility of using biomass plants to deal with the problem of waste from poultry, mushroom growing and so forth? We have plenty of land that could take pig manure. Is a genuine effort being made to minimise the red tape of transferring farmyard manure, which is a fertiliser, from pig farmers to grass or tillage farmers? This is the source of greatest anxiety. Those who want to and could accept the manure feel there is too much red tape and it would cause too many difficulties.

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