Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

This year, as last year, an 8% increase was paid by the Department under the disadvantaged areas scheme. Deputy Creed refers to the suckler cow welfare scheme. It was agreed in the partnership agreement, Towards 2016, that a five year, €250 million suckler cow scheme would be introduced. That commitment will be honoured and no amount of misrepresentation by the Deputy——

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