Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett):

That was not quite fair. We doubled the clearance rate grant. One of the recommendations was that we increase that.

The reconstitution scheme is the first step towards any support that might be put in place for farmers. They have to go through this step. There is no point in waiting; people will just be further down the list. That is why I have been forceful in encouraging farmers in this regard. The scheme is the first door they must go through, and if they do not, they will have to wait until later to do so. The reconstitution scheme needs to be engaged with because those trees need to be cleared before we can replant on that land.

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