Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take the Deputy's suggestions in the spirit in which they are offered. The pilot meetings envisaged by the Department and direct engagement with farmers at that level will provide an important opportunity to explain the scheme further to individual participants. As I stated, approximately 800 of almost 25,000 participants do not meet the required targets, but they have considerable time in which to do so. The Department will certainly consider at the forthcoming meetings the issue of providing for better communication.

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