Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We argue that there should be a limit on the amount of money a person can receive. The Commission is talking about a limit of €300,000, which would not affect this country, but that should be a great deal lower. Many of the recipients of payments of €100,000 and more are not farmers at all but businesses.

There is a contradiction in the claims that somehow capping payments for a small number of large recipients would encourage them to cut down on production while increasing the payment for those at the lower end would apparently have the same effect.

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