Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government has sought to support tillage in a way that has never happened before, through a range of measures. We had made progress. This year has different types of pressures, ones which there are not necessarily obvious answers to address. I want to pool all the ideas together to see how we can support this sector. I certainly welcome any ideas Deputy Cairns or any other Deputies have in that regard. I welcome in particular the committee I have put together of all of the people in the tillage sector to advise the challenges that are there and how the Government can make sure that we drive the tillage sector on towards that 400,000 ha target which we have set.

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