Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I return to the same subject, by and large. The importance of TAMS, is illustrated by the Minister's statement that 3,000 applications have been received under tranche 2. Again I appeal for the timeline to be met as much as is possible because when farmers plan to invest, they need to be given every possible assistance.

With regard to the dribble bar, one of the other points which farmers in my territory made to me was that, apart from the cost, there might be some argument about the better result from the machinery where the land is not fit to carry machinery that is not a dribble bar. The heavier machinery is not suitable for some of that land.

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