Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Christmas is coming, and many of the people to whom we refer are not in the agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, so this is the only payment they will receive. I ask that some of the money be forwarded to them, as it could make it a happy Christmas. Otherwise they will have to simply wait.

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