Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)

The Minister will agree that the farmers in Kerry would not be too disappointed if they received a penalty of 1% given that they have been waiting since 15 December to receive their REPS payments.

Over €8 million is owed to REPS farmers in Kerry. Is it possible that payment could be speeded up? Some farmers are heavily in debt to the banks and the banks are putting pressure on them to make repayments. The farmers are depending on receiving their REPS payments in order to do so.

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