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

I appreciate that and it has not gone unnoticed. I will finish up. Will the Minister of State please clarify this matter? This is hurting all of rural Ireland on top of all the other adverse things that have happened in recent times, with the nitrates derogation and the nature restoration law that was passed over in Europe the other day without any thought of how it was going to hurt small rural farmers in hillside places. Will the Minister of State please come out and explain where he is coming from with this? It is not fair and it does not make sense. He should check out the fifth wheel story because drivers did not have to have an artic licence unless they were driving a vehicle that was connected by a fifth wheel to the towing vehicle.

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