Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is just one other category on which I would like to get the Minister's thoughts, namely, dairy farmers and hill farmers who would have lands classified as category 1 under the areas of natural constraint. They also fall outside the new peer group. This group is also not immune to the increases in fodder, feeding costs, etc. They are also food producers who are trying to make a living. The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, INHFA, estimate that a very significant number of dry stock farmers could find themselves ineligible. Will this group be eligible for the scheme or do those whose lands are classified as category 1 stay outside the scheme?

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