Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the commitment on page 109 of the programme for Government to protect farm incomes. My question concerns hardship payments to farmers whose stock could be locked up owing to the presence of TB and who are waiting for various veterinary inspections to be carried out. The 60-day rule applies in the summer, as well as in the winter. We have had 18 months of bad weather. In response to queries to my office I ask the Minister to consider pulling back the waiting time from 60 days to 30 or even less.

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