Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

The Minister said these would be zero gain, but there will be a net loss to some farmers who will not avail of some of the schemes. Can the Minister clarify whether some of the REPS 4 budget is being taken out of the modulated money? The spin on this is that REPS 4 and single farm payments have separate budgets, but is this a transfer of funds from the single farm payment into REPS 4?

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