Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)

Where stands the commitment of the Minister, his Department and the Government to social partnership? These were schemes signed off in good faith less than 12 months ago, in respect of the sucker cow welfare scheme, when the Minister had or should have had full knowledge of the budgetary situation, if he was not asleep at the wheel. What about the commitment to an €80 payment per suckler cow and €90 next year? Where stands social partnership, which made arrangements recently for the disadvantaged area payments?

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