Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What is the position of the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill? Banks are not lending to farmers or anybody else. They are not treating people fairly. We need that Bill to be introduced.

Farmers had to come to Dublin on a fine day for working to protest outside Agriculture House at the lack of engagement by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, over the blackguarding they are getting from the meat factories. I raise this under the Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014. If the farmers cannot farm they will have to go into amenities and environmental programmes.

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