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

This question goes to the heart of CAP. We will have greater discretion. There is an appealing simplicity to the argument advanced by Deputy Kenny but there are concerns that such a system could skew payments in favour of large landholders who may currently have lower payments, to the disadvantage of smallholders. We must be careful in this area. If a farmer has a couple of thousand hectares in the plains of Meath, Kildare or elsewhere, which, I acknowledge, is not the case being advanced by Deputy Martin Kenny-----

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