Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

Nationally, over 60% of farmers are not affected by this scheme because their acreage is under the cut-off point of 34 hectares. The reduction in the maximum area payable from 45 hectares to 35 hectares will result in the payments of 35,162 farmers being reduced, but in excess of 102,000 farmers are in receipt of disadvantaged area payments.

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