Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

While the Minister indicates a commitment to retention, he will appreciate that I am anxious to have a reference specific to mountain-type land and that designation. The Minister has not used that language in his response to me. Could he please for the sake of clarity give me that certainty? That is the primary concern for those who have raise the matter with me. The existing scheme payments do not reflect the actual constraints and have been further diluted by political intervention in recent times. That cannot be ignored. The payment bands are too narrow with only €13 separating the mountain-type land payment of €95.99 and the lowland severely handicapped payment of €82.27. It does not address the real difference that farmers are having to contend with in those different settings and areas of their work.

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