Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

(a) to insert the following after "as is currently permitted; and":"— that this fodder crisis started last September 2017, when land became so waterlogged due to the severe weather that farmers, particularly in the north west, were unable to operate machinery on the land and failed to get a second cut of silage or hay;"

and

(b) to insert the following after "2018 basic payment scheme deadline.""— introduce a land improvement and drainage scheme that would:

— help prevent land from becoming waterlogged;

— make land more accessible for harvesting silage and hay; and

— help to increase early grass growth."

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