Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I raised the fair deal scheme two weeks ago and referred to the slow rate at which funds were being made available to Cork and Kerry. The Minister denied there was a problem but it was in the newspapers yesterday and the leader of Fianna Fáil also raised it. That is because it is an issue. Hundreds of farmers came here yesterday. Where is the legislation for the fair deal for farmers to put a cap of three years on the percentage of assets required to fund a place on the scheme?

This has taken so long that there seems to be a total disregard of and discrimination towards farming communities.

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