Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I too welcome this amendment and commend Deputies Michael McGrath, McConalogue and Cahill. I thank the Government for facilitating this too.

We all know how invaluable the agricultural sector is to this economy and that farms need to grow to sustain their produce. It is important that they are allowed to progress. Farming is modernising every day without the hindrance of further taxes. It was the first sector the previous Government depended on to revive the economy when it came to power in 2011. A couple of years later there was volatility when farmers came under pressure with the drop in prices. Anything that helps them progress, develop and modernise has to be welcomed. I thank my party for pushing this agenda.

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