Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

This House has passed the so-called prompt payments legislation. In that context, is the Minister concerned at the failure of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to honour its contractual commitments to farmers entered into under the REPS programme to make appropriate payments on the due anniversary date? Is that not a clear abdication of the Department's responsibilities under that legislation? Will the Minister take steps to ensure that the commitments are honoured in full and not breached?

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