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

It is a demand-led scheme, open for applications on an annual basis. Anyone who applies gets a payment of €10 per ewe on the basis of actions they commit to, whether for hill farmers or lowland sheep productions. There is a menu of options specifically designed and tailored for either commodity area.

On generational renewal, the Deputy will appreciate that as well as increasing area of natural constraint, ANC, payments in the budget, which will specifically deliver more money to those farmers in more marginal and disadvantaged lands, we also renewed a suite of taxation measures to encourage land mobility and young farmers, including measures on stamp duty relief.

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