Margaret Conlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

Tá a lán rudaí soiléir ag an am seo. Tá geilleagar na tíre ag dul in olcas agus tá orainn íobairtí á dhéanamh ar mhaithe lenár dtír. Tá sé ráite go gcuirfidh na ciorraithe isteach go mór ar na feirmeoirí. Ach táimid i gcruachás, teastaíonn cabhair uainn agus mar sin, tarraingímis le chéile.

With limited resources, very tough and difficult choices have to be make. The early retirement and installation aid schemes have been temporarily suspended to new entrants, not abolished. The Minister has stated that this position will be reviewed as soon as the current budgetary constraints permit.

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