Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a fact for virtually all hill sheep farmers because they have very low single farm payments. They will be coming up to the €150 which is there anyway. Therefore, what the Minister is saying is that he will look after them next year and the following year once we get over the election. After that their payment will disappear. On what grounds is the Minister not willing to ensure that the €15 million is retained, not for one year or two but into the forseeable future for the length of the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, for sheep farmers throughout the country and particularly for the very vulnerable hill sheep farmers who have no alternative choice of enterprise?

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