Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

I believe the number is relatively small but late submissions necessitate otherwise unnecessary clerical work by the Department. It costs us to write to people. We even telephone people to ask them to return their claims before the end of the year so we can pay them. That is not always the biggest problem. Inspectors are trying to finalise submissions when they visit individual farmers.

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