Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I am the super sub here today.

If I am correct in interpreting the unusual circumstances alluded to in this question tabled by Deputy McGinley, it is the case of a young applicant who has been given a herd number on the basis that he was farming only leased land because the farm was too small to sustain two people. When the transfer of the land takes place, the young person is not eligible for the installation aid because he is already farming. The requisite qualifying conditions are based on a very complicated calculation, standard man days. An anomaly exists and this is the reason for the question. I hope I have got this right or I will not be able to walk in here next week.

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