Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This can be worked through. It is unfair for people to say this is unworkable and that rural Ireland will collapse. We have committed significant money to this scheme and we want it to work fairly. There is an opportunity to make it work fairly. At departmental level we want it work, and we will talk to people and help them to get over the line if other aspects of this need to change. However, the lack of understanding is a problem. I stress that the commonage implementation group is available to resolve problems where people cannot get a plan together with their planners.

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