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

There will be an element of choice in respect of Pillar 1 in that while it will be obligatory for the State to offer that option, those who avail of the environmental option conditionality will secure a higher payment. Much of the detail has yet to be worked out. I appreciate that it must be made as user friendly as possible but, as I understand it, there will be a focus on tangible outcomes as well. That is clear also in the context of the broad thrust of the policy. Previously, it was about various initiatives that we have done under GLAS and the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, but we will need to see tangible outcomes from the schemes we devise in the future.

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