Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know that the general cohort of farmers was detailed previously, but I do not believe that a detailed outline of the scheme has been published. This would be important. There is no point in building a system for payments if we do not know what the scheme will look like. We need to be clear with the forgotten farmers about who will be able to join the scheme. I ask that the Minister publish a detailed outline of the scheme before he builds anything to make payments. Has he engaged with the farm organisations and the forgotten farmers themselves, many of whom are part of the various farm organisations, on the general cohort of farmers he is including?

I ask him to publish a more detailed outline of what this scheme will look like for forgotten farmers in the first instance. That should be done as quickly as possible, given, as he said, that this has gone on for a very long time.

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